The Contested City
The Contested City

Author: John H. Mollenkopf

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 1983-11-21

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 0691022208

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Includes case studies of Boston (Mass) and San Francisco.

Good Neighbors
Good Neighbors

Author: Sylvie Tissot

Publisher: Verso Books

Published: 2015-06-01

Total Pages: 382

ISBN-13: 1781689504

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Does gentrification destroy diversity? Or does it thrive on it? Boston's South End, a legendary working-class neighborhood with the largest Victorian brick row house district in the United States and a celebrated reputation for diversity, has become in recent years a flashpoint for the problems of gentrification. It has born witness to the kind of rapid transformation leading to pitched battles over the class and race politics throughout the country and indeed the contemporary world. This subtle study of a storied urban neighborhood reveals the way that upper-middle-class newcomers have positioned themselves as champions of diversity, and how their mobilization around this key concept has reordered class divisions rather than abolished them.

Revitalizing America's Cities
Revitalizing America's Cities

Author: Michael H. Schill

Publisher: State University of New York Press

Published: 1984-06-30

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 1438418965

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In many American cities, middle and upper income people are moving into neighborhoods that had previously suffered disinvestment and decay. The new residents renovate housing, stimulate business, and contribute to the tax base. These benefits of neighborhood revitalization are, in some cases, achieved at a potentially serious cost: the displacement of existing neighborhood residents by eviction, condominium conversion, or as a result of rent increases. Revitalizing America's Cities investigates the reasons why the affluent move into revitalizing inner-city neighborhoods and the ways in which the new residents benefit the city. It also examines the resulting displaced households. Data are presented on displacement in nine revitalizing neighborhoods of five cities — the most comprehensive survey of displaced households conducted to date. The study reveals characteristics of displaced households and hardships encountered as a result of being forced from their homes. Also featured is an examination of federal, state, and local policies toward neighborhood reinvestment and displacement, including various alternative approaches for dealing with this issue.