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gentrify

[jen-truh-fahy] / ˈdʒɛn trəˌfaɪ /




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

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2022

“I would just hope that people that move here, that kind of gentrify unconsciously, would respect where they’re moving to and think about what they’re doing,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2022

Property developers should lure displaced Americans to gentrify the Rust Belt along the Great Lakes.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 17, 2021

He has watched other parts of metropolitan Cincinnati, including the West End and Over-the-Rhine, gentrify in ways that displaced longtime Black residents.

From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2021

No one really knows what to do with a neighborhood that cannot gentrify its way to glory.

From New York Times ● Jun. 4, 2021

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

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

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

Working-class Fishtown has been gentrifying, but a lot of old-timers have decided to stick around.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

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

From New York Times ● May 16, 2024

Crucially, Washington Hall was not saved in formaldehyde, as a sterile monument to historic preservation by a predominantly white institution for predominantly white admirers in a rapidly gentrifying neighborhood.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 12, 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




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