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gentrify

[jen-truh-fahy] / ˈdʒɛn trəˌfaɪ /




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The horizontal city is just too big to fully gentrify; there was always another neighborhood where an artist could find studio space, or a gallery could open up shop.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 1, 2025

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

From New York Times Feb. 15, 2023

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

As more big businesses started to come in and gentrify all of Broadway, seeing that happen, it was traumatizing honestly.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 1, 2021

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

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

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 1, 2026

In the gentrified Alberta Arts District, residents called Trump's claims about Portland laughable, and praised the city for its culture and friendly vibes.

From BBC Oct. 7, 2025

He grew up visiting relatives in San Miguel de Allende — a town now heavily gentrified by American immigrants — wishing to one day film a project on its cobblestone streets.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 30, 2025

“The Western markets did not democratize EVs. They gentrified EVs,” said Bill Russo, the founder of the Automobility Ltd. consultancy in Shanghai.

From Seattle Times May 12, 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

The Mirage, a 32,000-square-foot, open-air dance venue on the outskirts of gentrifying north Brooklyn, looked like a home run to Axar Capital, Axelrod’s fund.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 27, 2026

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

From New York Times May 16, 2024

Mexico City’s popularity among digital nomads prompts a return by a former resident, who asks: Could it really be gentrifying?

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 25, 2024

As I stood outside appraising it next to newer and much larger houses in the gentrifying neighborhood, a nagging question overwhelmed me: Is this really it?

From Slate Jan. 6, 2024

If so, they can cash in on the skyrocketing real estate market in the gentrifying neighborhood.

From Seattle Times Sep. 12, 2023




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