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Gentrified world

23 October 2018

  • Modern houses next to older homes in Old Fourth Ward, Atlanta, GA

    Nowhere for people to go: who will survive the gentrification of Atlanta?

    Atlanta was the first US city to build public housing – and the first to knock it all down. Now, with rampant property speculation in black working-class areas, longtime residents are being priced out – and advocates say the racial dynamics are unsettling

31 May 2017

  • Crowd of people in London Fields Park, East London

    The new hipsters? London's exclusive 'downsizer' homes for the over-55s

    Why are flats in London’s hippest neighbourhoods being sold exclusively to over-55s, even as young people who hang out there struggle to afford housing?

1 February 2017

  • Myra Demetriou

    Sydney's last stand: the residents holding out against gentrification

    A government-driven revitalisation project is turning public housing – including the waterfront Sirius building with its 90-year-old hold-out resident – into private developments. It is seen by some as ‘aggressive social cleansing’

30 November 2016

  • London – Rent Price

    The art of gentrification: city data made beautiful

    Graphic designer Herwig Scherabon visualises the data behind gentrification using a striking array of different styles. These examples look at the patterns of income inequality and segregation in large cities, from London to LA

23 November 2016

  • Sejumlah anak menonton aktivitas pembongkaran bangunan yang dilakukan petugas di kawasan Pasar Ikan, Penjaringan, Jakarta, Selasa (12/4/2016). Terbatasnya Rusun membuat sebagian warga tidur dengan tenda darurat atau menggunakan kapal sebagai tempat tinggal sementara. (JP/DON)

    'Get off the square!': The unsubtle gentrification of Jakarta's old town

    Fatahillah Square was once a bustling hub of culture and nightlife. Now street vendors are forcibly removed, and hundreds of homes have been demolished in order to build corporate plazas. Has the area lost its soul?

16 November 2016

  • In downtown Montreal, traditionally low rental rates are coming under severe pressure amid a deluge of new restaurants and cafes.

    The one-in-six rule: can Montreal fight gentrification by banning restaurants?

    A controversial law limiting new restaurant openings in Montreal’s Saint-Henri area has pitted business owners against those who believe they are fighting for the very survival of Canada’s ‘culture capital’. Who is right?

13 October 2016

  • Gary and Alan Keery, identical twins who own and run the Cereal Killer Cafe in Brick Lane

    Cereal Killer cafe: what will Birmingham make of its new hipster hangout?

    The notorious Cereal Killer cafe became the focus of anti-gentrification riots in London last year, but now the bearded owners are taking their pricey bowls of rare cereal to England’s second city. How will Brummies react?

10 October 2016

  • People rest by Patriarshiye Ponds.

    Ruined by ‘locusts’: the Moscow area that got too cool, too quickly

    Patriarch’s Ponds once housed poor families in communal apartments. Slowly it became home to Moscow’s wealthy elite – but then the hipsters arrived

7 October 2016

  • Uber Eats delivery

    Streets without shops: how apps are transforming our local neighbourhoods

    The on-demand services offered by apps could be the nail in the coffin for street-level businesses, and help spur gentrification. But who loses out?

6 October 2016

  • A Moving Image … a portrait of a doomed world?

    A Moving Image: the film Spike Lee might have made about Brixton

    It features an unforgettable cast railing against gentrification. Will Shola Amoo’s tribute help stop the exodus of locals – and the influx of gourmet jerk chicken shops?
  • Stik

    Stik in Shoreditch: the artist’s hidden tribute to a sold-off London – video

    The street artist Stik set out to ask the denizens of Old Shoreditch how his new mural should reflect their gentrified neighbourhood
  • Crowds of people in Dam Square Amsterdam

    The 'Airbnb effect': is it real, and what is it doing to a city like Amsterdam?

    In the Dutch capital, Airbnb has been accused of driving up property prices and disrupting communities – while others say the website’s gentrifying tendencies are much exaggerated. So who’s right?

5 October 2016

  • Gentrification In Progress tape in front of Brooklyn Museum

    ‘We are building our way to hell’: tales of gentrification around the world

  • The number of people cycling to work in London more than doubled from 77,000 in 2001 to 155,000 a decade later.

    Blame it on the bike: does cycling contribute to a city's gentrification?

4 October 2016

  • Spruce Street Market, Philadelphia

    The transformation of Philadelphia – in sculptures

  • Graffiti in Berlin’s Neukölln district.

    'No bling in the hood ...' Does Berlin's anti-gentrification law really work?

3 October 2016

  • ‘Duplex’ Film - 2003<br>No Merchandising. Editorial Use Only. No Book Cover Usage Mandatory Credit: Photo by Miramax/Everett/REX/Shutterstock (433359d) ‘Duplex’ - Drew Barrymore, Ben Stiller, Eileen Essel ‘Duplex’ Film - 2003

    From Notting Hill to Poltergeist: how Hollywood handles gentrification

    The tension of yuppies encroaching on downmarket neighbourhoods has long been food for two classic film genres, writes Peter Bradshaw – horror and satire
  • Iris Canada

    'This is killing me': 100-year-old woman fights eviction in San Francisco

    As housing prices surge in northern California and residents of color are forced from homes, Iris Canada fighting to maintain a ‘life estate’ agreement
  • Crown Heights, Brooklyn.

    The last battle for Brooklyn, America's most unaffordable place to buy a home

    It might be too late for Williamsburg, Bushwick and Bed-Stuy – but in Crown Heights, tenants have learned a few tricks to prevent the social cleansing of their neighbourhood. Can they succeed where the rest of Brooklyn failed?

2 October 2016

  • A child plays outside the burned-out building at 54 Soper Road in Johannesburg.

    'Regeneration should be for all': will change in Johannesburg benefit its poorest residents?

    As South Africa’s largest city goes through rapid reinvention, streets once ruled by gangs are increasingly lined with cafes. But to those struggling for a living, the future still appears bleak. Does Johannesburg’s new mayor have an answer?
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