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Gentrification
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Projects
25 Kent Mirrors Williamsburg’s Aesthetics, Entrepreneurialism, and Rapid Change
Designed by Hollwich Kushner, the new mixed-use development is a sensitive addition to North Brooklyn’s glitzy, booming waterfront.
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A Once-Maligned Concrete Megastructure in Seoul is Revitalized—Sans Gentrification
As part of our 2018 Design Cities issue, Metropolis looked at projects, firms, and places that are driving global design culture today.
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Profiles
These Mexico City Developers Preserve Landmarks & Battle Gentrification
This developer is bringing new life to Mexico City’s historic neighborhoods—but keeping focus on equitable, sustainable growth.
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Viewpoints
The High Line Effect: Are Our New Parks Trojan Horses of Gentrification?
This has been a great year for parks in America—but is this new generation of High Line-inspired parks embedding social injustice into our cities?
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Viewpoints
Citing Equity Issues, Founder of Atlanta BeltLine Leaves Board
We speak with Ryan Gravel to understand why the urban planner is leaving the project that has been his life's work for almost two decades.
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Viewpoints
Grappling with Gentrification in Miami’s Little Haiti
As booming real estate yet again shifts the landscape of creative hot spots in Miami, it’s now Little Haiti's turn.
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Viewpoints
Mayor Steve Adler on The Challenge of Keeping Austin, Austin
An interview with mayor Steve Adler on the challenges facing this fast-growing, "it" city.
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Profiles
Red Hook Renaissance: The Italian Architects Redesigning Red Hook
The designer Aldo Andreoli partners with his compatriots to remake the South Brooklyn neighborhood.
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Viewpoints
Can This New Concept Mall Revive Interest in West Berlin?
The recently-opened complex combines fashion, high culture, and a resourceful spirit to reinvent the shopping experience.
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Projects
The New Urban Vandalism: Why Cities Are Destroying Graffiti
Contrary to developers' claims, graffiti isn't blight. Instead, it's a kind of public art form that benefits our cities.
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Projects
Progress Ahead in East Baltimore, But Will It Help the Local Community?
What role does a local market play in bringing communities together?
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Projects
The Pros and Cons of the Red Hook Ikea
A big-box retailer arrives in hipster Brooklyn and (shockingly) fails to end the world as we know it.