gentrification
noun gen·tri·fi·ca·tion \ˌjen-trə-fə-ˈkā-shən\
the process of renewal and rebuilding accompanying the influx of middle-class or affluent people into deteriorating areas that often displaces poorer residents
-Merriam Webster
Lathrop Homes
- Opinion: A Missed Chance at Lathrop HomesOPINION PIECE - Good for one side of the argument on redevelopment.
Cabrini Green
- 70 Acres in ChicagoInterview about Cabrini Green with a Chicago Filmmaker. (Audio)
Robert Taylor Homes
- End of a Ghetto: A special report.; Razing the Slums to Rescue the ResidentsArticle on the Robert Taylor Homes
New York Times - Tearing Down the CommunityRobert Taylor Homes article by Sudhir Venkatesh, author of Gang Leader for a Day
Pre-Selected Gentrification Articles
- My Neighborhood: PilsenWTTW Chicago
- My Neighboorhood Pilsen- VIDEOWTTW Chicago
- Gentrification Improves American CitiesDatabase Article - Opposing Viewpoints
Pro - Gentrification Threatens to Displace Low-Income City ResidentsDatabase Article - Opposing Viewpoints
Con - GentrificationDatabase Report - CQ Researcher
GREAT INFO!!
Mr. Stephenson's Pre-Selected Articles
Misc.: Disrupting Inequity: Building Brave Classroom Communities Questions to Open Conversations
Student Identities in Math: The Mathematicians Project: Mathematicians Are Not Just White Dudes
Food Deserts in Chicagoland:
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Food Deserts in Chicago - United States Commission of Civil Rights
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The Case for Reparations - by Ta Nehisi Coates
Gentrification:
Home Price Trends in Chicago Neighborhoods:
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Logan Square Trend using ZILLOW
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Logan Square Price per square foot
- Logan Square Hispanics Vanishing As Neighborhood Becomes More White
Databases
- Chicago Tribune This link opens in a new window
- New York Times This link opens in a new window
- Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new window