As a child growing up in pre-gentrification Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, I went everywhere by bicycle. My bike was in many ways the… — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
“In the twenty-first century, the visions of J.C. Nichols and Walt Disney have come full circle and joined. “Neighborhoods” are increasingly “developments,”… — Tanner Colby Copy Share Image
“Why do we need so many people on Earth? I ask you. What are they good for? They live out ludicrous lives… — David Marusek Copy Share Image
“If you think you’ll find intellectual stimulation, you’re thinking of another era. The conversations are invariably about money or property or schools.… — Andrew Sullivan Copy Share Image
People tend to think of gentrification in terms of race because it's presented that way, and I think it's presented that way… — Killer Mike Copy Share Image
When the back-to-the-cities trend started taking root, albeit very unevenly, cities were so glad to finally land deals that they routinely overpaid,… — Sandy Smith Copy Share Image
MFA programs are to the world of art what gentrification is to your neighborhood. — Sarah Schulman Copy Share Image
I often notice how students can gain the capacity to use certain critical methodologies through engaging with very different texts - how… — Dean Spade Copy Share Image
Some people are afraid of gentrification, but what I see is young people want to live in a different world. And they… — Grace Lee Boggs Copy Share Image
“Gentrification had stopped dead several doors west of my spot overlooking Avenue B. You could actually see the line. That side of… — Warren Ellis Copy Share Image
“But artists aren’t the only marginalized folks controlling real estate. Think about the colonizing role that wealthy white gay men have played… — bell hooks Copy Share Image
“You know gentrification is deep when a garage rock band made up of three white boys is called "Harlem".” — Kara Lee Corthron Copy Share Image
It's more about subtracting every single buck from the tourists that still flock there. Gentrification and the need for developers to maximize… — Derek Ridgers Copy Share Image
Gentrification and consumerism... have destroyed the character of my favorite American haunts, like North Beach, Berkeley, Venice and Aspen. — Tom Hayden Copy Share Image
“Mi fermai, fissando lo schermo incredulo. Un euro valeva più o meno settecento colones. Con i miei “miseri” seimila euro sul conto,… — Gianluca Gotto Copy Share Image
We need to define gentrification as separate from the process of displacement. — Justin Davidson Copy Share Image
“Grips slipped. Hers had from every surface. She's shaped nothing after all, only been crushed and reshaped. No wonder she felt for… — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
ulturally, we are definitely seeing people being to ask hard questions. There's been a major shift over the last year. The NSA… — Astra Taylor Copy Share Image
I'm not dismissing prostitutes, but a lot has changed. This so-called gentrification, it can never be stopped. — Benjamin Clementine Copy Share Image
