gentrify

Around that same time, Port Morris, especially the blocks near the building, started to gentrify.

From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2023

Organizers fear the office-centric development, with a K Line stop onsite, will further gentrify the neighborhood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2022

Until recently, community activists had opposed the project because they said it would gentrify their predominantly working-class, Latino and Asian neighborhood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2022

Rundown apartments are still a hazard, but displacement has become public enemy No. 1 in housing policy as city neighborhoods gentrify and awareness of the importance of stability grows.

From Slate ● Feb. 8, 2022

He said the effort was a misguided attempt to gentrify blighted neighborhoods under the guise of fighting crime — a claim disputed by city leaders.

From Washington Post

As the neighborhood gentrifies and Chinese residents grow older and fewer, the clubs — called “tong,” “gungso” or “wui” in Cantonese — remain a vital social glue.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2023

But as the area gentrifies — driven, in a major way, by the opening of SoFi Stadium — there’s concern that the city, as remembered through its classic rap lyrics, is disappearing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2022

“Usually when a neighborhood gentrifies, the new stores that open are mostly very expensive,” she said.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 2, 2017

Across the state border in Louisiana, New Orleans is facing similar problems as it develops and gentrifies.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 6, 2017

But as it gentrifies she realizes they are, in some ways, trapped.

From New York Times ● Mar. 19, 2017

It happened place by place, inch by inch, a dusty disco ball left in the rummage while a Starbucks or a boutique gym rose to serve the freshly gentrified block around it.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026

The front MacPherson struts and rear multi-links have been upgraded and thoroughly gentrified.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026

Foreign visitors, mostly young, are seen daily wandering through gentrified neighborhoods gazing at their cellphones, following directions to the latest hip spots hyped on Instagram and TikTok.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 22, 2025

He is concerned that individuals buying homes for a $1 may lead to areas being gentrified, which results in general rent levels being “jacked up” and people on lower incomes being “pushed out”.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2024

This is the Mission District, a gentrified hotbed of sushi, tapas, hip Mexican restaurants, and upscale furniture stores.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

This corner of Brooklyn is moving on to the next wave of gentrification: They’re culturally gentrifying the original gentrifiers, erasing the identity of precariously employed DJs who are experimenting with polyamory and microbangs.

From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2026

Those marginalized communities, like most voters around the country, don’t have the same tastes as the gentrifying parts of Harlem and upper Manhattan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

California’s 34th District is overwhelmingly composed of renters and includes some of the most densely populated working-class neighborhoods in the country, as well as some of the most rapidly gentrifying sections of Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2025

The gentrifying Reagan years that followed gave rise to archly analytic work addressing institutional power.

From New York Times ● May 16, 2024

The main character, Penelope, returns to her home in a now gentrifying Brooklyn to care for her sick father after a short stint in Pittsburgh.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 15, 2023