Gentrification
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Marion Barry on gentrifiers: 'Some of what they do is not right'
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Gentrification is, quite literally, a topic that just won't die. While journalists have used the topic to meet deadline, politicians have been legitimately spooked. At an advisory meeting, D.C. Council member Marion Barry (Ward 8), decided to blame the Internet for all of the problems that come with gentrification.
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American Prospect article is a how-to on writing about D.C. gentrification
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If you live in the H Street corridor, you know you're on the front lines of gentrification in D.C. because, well, the media says so. But perhaps you live somewhere else — some sketchy neighborhood that's been largely ignored by Post feature writers — and you're wondering if you're a gentrifier or just another lonely, underpaid professional living in a poor area. Here's how to know: What dog breeds do you see?
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D.C. public schools see a rise in white students
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Lost in the tired, misguided debate about white gentrifiers driving out the District's black population is the story of this growing demographic's integration — to employ one Examiner columnist's language — into the school system.
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Anacostia women's shelter targeted by NIMBYs
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Think back to last week, when Anacostia was identified as the latest gentrifying neighborhood — one being gentrified by minorities — and how excited we all were to discuss an emerging neighborhood other than H Street. Well, it was only a matter of time before those gentrifiers turned NIMBY on us.
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H Street gentrification and revitalization is an old story
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With the New York Times' recent story about racial unease on H Street being followed, this past weekend, by the Post's own take, it seems stories about that corridor have hit a fever pitch. Indeed, since the beginning of the year, the City Paper, Examiner, TBD and others have also made known their thoughts on the subject. Yes, the times are a-changin' on H Street, and the media won't let you forget about it.
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H Street businesses threatened by gentrification
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Birdland, like a lot of other longstanding H Street businesses, is now closed. To take the place of that soul-food joint will be Home Slice, a restaurant that will feature tapas, wood-fired pizza, and a wine bar. We've seen the battle before, and we know how it ends.
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NPR’s take on Anacostia: Whitey is coming
Alex Kellogg from NPR reported a piece titled “D.C., Long ‘Chocolate City,’ Becoming More Vanilla” all about the recent census numbers, gentrification in Anacostia, and the change of the neighborhoods east of the river.
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Feisty moms, twirling bananas, and John Boehner's tears: Your sex and gender morning roundup
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Friday links on powerful tears, spamming mommies, and scantily-clad women.
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Gay bars, gentrification, and homophobia
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Herndon gay bar So Addictive sparks debate on LGBT establishments and economic development.
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On gentrification, affordable housing, and gay bashings
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For two gay men, life on R Street was affordable and dangerous.
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In gentrifying Logan Circle, affordable housing meets hate crimes
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R Street gay bashings target one building's newest residents.
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Gentrifying a small town like D.C.
Blogger Alley Denizen discusses the controversial piece Megan McArdle wrote for The Atlantic last month (“The Gentrifier’s Lament“).
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Gentrification not a sure thing around Metro stations
A new national study has found that extending public transit to a neighborhood can bring gentrification -- but local researchers say it's not that simple.
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Gentrification’s latest victim: WPFW
For years, WPFW 89.3 FM has been housed in the City Paper building in the multi-cultural Adams Morgan community in northwest D.C.
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D.C. employment and pay gaps widening, study shows
The employment gaps between black and white, educated and uneducated, and wealthy and low-income residents in the District are continuing to widen.
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Courtland Milloy vs. the Washington Post
Since 1983, Courtland Milloy’s columns for the Washington Post have dealt “primarily with issues that affect the lives of African Americans.”
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Black Picket Fences: Inheritance and gentrification
I haven't touched on gentrification for a while, so here's a little somethin' something.
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