Gentrification
GentriWatch: Developer Buys Former James’s Gate Site in Jamaica Plain
Welcome to GentriWatch, where we look for signs of gentrification happening around the city. James’s Gate, an authentic Irish pub in Jamaica Plain, served its last pint […]
GentriWatch: Can Walsh’s ‘Housing Innovations’ Save Boston’s Middle Class?
Welcome to GentriWatch, where we look for signs of gentrification happening around the city. In a speech before the Boston Municipal Research Bureau, Mayor Marty […]
GentriWatch: Luxurious, Oceanfront Property on…Revere Beach?
Welcome to GentriWatch, where we look for signs of gentrification happening around the city. What do you think of when you picture Revere Beach? Kelly’s […]
GentriWatch: West Enders Warn Mission Hill Against BRA, Chicago Developer
Welcome to GentriWatch, where we look for signs of gentrification happening around the city. How about this for an evergreen sentence: West Enders are unhappy […]
An Anatomy of Boston’s Gentrification in One Eastie Block
See how money has changed our neighborhoods.
GentriWatch: ‘Boston’s Worst Landlord’ Buys 100 Units in Somerville
Welcome to GentriWatch, where we look for signs of gentrification happening around the city. Anwar Faisal, considered by some to be the worst landlord in […]
GentriWatch: ‘Cutting-Edge Luxury’ in the Heart of Downtown Quincy
Welcome to GentriWatch, where we look for signs of gentrification happening around the city. Pre-leasing has begun for the 164 units that comprise Quincy Center‘s West […]
GentriWatch: More Luxury Condos (and Doggie Daycare) in Chelsea
Welcome to GentriWatch, where we look for signs of gentrification happening around the city. Another wave of luxury housing has reached the North Shore. “One […]
GentriWatch: Cambridge Rents Saw Biggest Jump in 2015
Welcome to GentriWatch, where we look for signs of gentrification happening around the city. DEPENDING ON WHO YOU ASK, the Boston area’s hottest neighborhood in […]
GentriWatch: Mayor Walsh Considers Rewarding Boston’s Good Landlords
Welcome to GentriWatch, where we look for signs of gentrification happening around the city. MAYOR MARTY WALSH WANTS to reward good behavior among Boston’s landlords. […]
GentriWatch: Boston, Big-City Inequality Capital of the United States
Welcome to GentriWatch, where we look for signs of gentrification happening around the city. BOSTON LEADS THE NATION in big-city income inequality, according to a […]
GentriWatch: Two Southie Favorites in Luxury Condos’ Crosshairs
Welcome to GentriWatch, where we look for signs of gentrification happening around the city. SOUTH BOSTON COULD SOON LOSE two neighborhood favorites due to the creep […]
The Curious Case of Clearway Street
The alleged displacement of nearly 100 residents from a refuge of affordable housing in one of Boston’s most intensely gentrified neighborhoods has revealed how the city’s colleges and universities […]
GentriWatch: It Was Nice Knowing You, Allston
Welcome to GentriWatch, where we look for signs of gentrification happening around the city. DEVELOPERS ARE LICKING their chops, eyeing up the area surrounding Western […]
GentriWatch: BRA Unanimously Votes to Keep Urban Renewal Going
Welcome to GentriWatch, where we look for signs of gentrification happening around the city. “TRUTH BE TOLD, and you may be shocked, but there is […]