Those of us who follow urban development issues are well aware of the neighborhood busybody who organizes others to stop new developments. It’s one reason why California housing is so expensive, as it ...
The latest conflagration takes place in LA’s Frogtown (Elysian Valley) neighborhood, where shortsighted anti-gentrification activists recently succeeded in shuttering a popular flea-market crawl.
However now Chinatown is being developed into an up-and-coming neighbourhood of the city. Newly opened fashion stores, trendy cafes and rising condos are a visible sign of Chinatown's gentrification.
A new lecture was brought to the Iowa State Lecture Series this week, co-sponsored by the department of sociology and criminal justice and the Committee on Lectures: “Extractive Industry, Historic ...