Residents gathered in Germantown Wednesday to discuss the impacts gentrification can have on Philadelphia’s neighborhoods. The Bridging Blocks event, a collaboration between WHYY and the Free Library ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Gentrification can happen very quickly. A single city block can completely change in the span of six months, but the impact on those forced out can last a lifetime. There are ...

Sociology researchers at Temple University interviewed 61 Philadelphia baristas who work in gentrifying neighborhoods. Maskot/Getty Images Baristas who work in specialty coffee shops, along with ...

Philadelphia’s Chinatown neighborhood has grown significantly over the last decade, but a majority of its gains in population ...

N.I.C.E. manager Eric Marsh Sr. helped attendees engage with one another on the topic of gentrification. (Cory Sharber/WHYY) More than two dozen people came together at the Guerin Recreation Center to ...

Members of UMOJA and its constituent groups assembled feminine hygiene care packages for incarcerated Black women in Philadelphia on Feb. 19. Credit: Chenyao Liu UMOJA hosted a panel on gentrification ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Many neighbors Action News spoke with said they were outraged by the graffiti spray-painted around their Point Breeze neighborhood last weekend. The city said crews came to ...

Institutional investors in single-family rental (SFR) houses cause rents in a neighborhood to increase quickly, but their entrance into a neighborhood doesn’t cause gentrification. That’s the ...

The verdict is finally in: A long-delayed analysis of a new $1.5B 76ers arena indicates that Philadelphia could sustain an NBA arena in Center City, and the development could add $1.9B to the economy.

Baristas who work in specialty coffee shops, along with hipsters more generally, have been referred to as the “shock troops” of urban gentrification – and it’s no different in Philadelphia. These ...

UMOJA hosted a panel on gentrification and land justice at the Max Kade Center on Wednesday, featuring the remarks of Philadelphia community activists. Brian Peterson, director of Makuu: The Black ...