Gentrification
A tiny Oakland coffee shop offers hope for greater community control of land, housing and neighborhood-based businesses.
A new study investigates the intersection of climate change and real estate, and finds that higher elevations bring higher values.
First, the gentrifiers moved in next door. Now, they're wasting my tax dollars calling the police on their neighbors.
The Chinatown the Times sniffs at — the various “low” exotica, the wares being hawked, the tourists — is rooted in immigrants' desire to make a living.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Ford's rumored purchase of vacant Michigan Central Station raises the potentially ugly tradeoff between private cash and public benefit.
When whiteness becomes the norm, black bodies become a threat.
But it may be too little, too late for the city with a history of inequality
Perhaps the best places to look for signs of growing national momentum, however, are Chicago and Austin, Texas.
Some cities are trying to make bike sharing more accessible — and to combat its elite image. They’re calling it bike equity.
“We’re being eaten up little by little. Chinatown is getting very small.”