When I moved to Los Angeles in 2007, the term “Downtown” elicited the sort of incredulous stares one would get after telling a new acquaintance that you are a furry enthusiast, Branch Davidian, or ...

BARCELONA — In 1976, Barcelona’s General Metropolitan Plan (PGM) was approved as a framework for the city’s urban planning. But the city’s issues back then were different than what it faces today: ...

“Gentrification Is Inevitable And Other Lies,” by feminist and urbanist scholar Leslie Kern. This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited ...

Will Nunziata’s recent judgmental map of Williamsburg is the latest attempt at breaking down NYC’s neighborhoods into as many generalizations as possible while offending/making us laugh. We covered a ...

Gretchen Kurtz just reviewed The Noshery, a bakery-cafe that she says is the kind of place every neighborhood needs. But does the neighborhood itself need to change? That’s a big question across ...

College-educated yuppies fanning out to low-income communities in a search for affordable housing has become a major point of tension in New York City. But as investment follows, it has raised a ...

The artist’s latest project transforms an unconventional figure into a symbol. The film highlights this tension through an allegory of an old man and a toad. The characters are more symbolic than ...

It’s time to stop believing the lie that gentrification is inevitable. Gentrification is natural. Neighborhoods change over time. Different groups move in and out, businesses change hands, land uses ...

With the Triangle’s housing costs continuing to rise, minority and elderly residents are feeling displaced. It’s happening in cities across the country: white residents and businesses moving into ...

San Francisco, thanks to outrage over swarming tech workers and rising rents, has become the symbol of gentrification’s ills. But San Francisco’s unique situation is giving gentrification a bad name; ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bad Bunny continues his devotion to activism. The 28-year-old rapper used his latest music video to bring eyes to a short ...