Gentrification
GentriWatch: A Luxury Condo Complex Opens in Allston’s Urban Renewal Battleground
Welcome to GentriWatch, where we look for signs of gentrification happening around the city. ALLSTON‘S FIRST AND ONLY full-service, luxury condominium complex opens for occupancy […]
GentriWatch: European Boutique Hotel for ‘Millennials’ Headed to Cleveland Circle
Welcome to GentriWatch, where we look for signs of gentrification happening around the city. WHEN YOU HEAR the word “Millennials,” what comes to mind? If […]
GentriWatch: Can Families Afford to Live in Boston Anymore?
Welcome to GentriWatch, where we look for signs of gentrification happening around the city. “NO MORE THAN FOUR” is a Boston ordinance that prohibits five […]
Meet Dan Blakeslee, the Toothless Troubadour of a Gentrifying Somerville
They put Dan Blakeslee in a parking lot festooned with weeds, in front of a bus bearing the giant likeness of a sneering muskrat. Its […]
GentriWatch: Latest BRA Approvals Target Affordable Housing in Roxbury
Welcome to GentriWatch, where we look for signs of gentrification happening around the city. THE BOSTON REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY’S Board of Directors met Thursday night, approving […]
GentriWatch: A Book About Gentrification, Published in Rapidly Gentrifying Somerville
Welcome to GentriWatch, where we look for signs of gentrification happening around the city. AUTHOR ED HAMILTON wants to show the human cost of gentrification. […]
GentriWatch: The BRA Apologizes For That Whole West End Thing
Welcome to GentriWatch, where we look for signs of gentrification happening around the city. THE OVERLY REPENTANT tone taken by the Boston Redevelopment Authority in […]
GentriWatch: ‘The Clarion’ Brings 32 Affordable Housing Units to Roxbury
Welcome to GentriWatch, where we look for signs of gentrification happening around the city. PROPONENTS OF affordable housing tallied a small victory Thursday night, as the Boston […]
Somerville Alderman Candidate Releases Anti-Gentrification Ukulele Song
Somerville Song: a ballad of rising rents by Amy Kucharik48% of Somerville residents pay more than 1/3 of their income for housing. 20% pay more […]
GentriWatch: Thanks to Luxury Condos, Small Business Could ‘Meat’ Its Demise
Welcome to GentriWatch, where we look for signs of gentrification happening around the city. AFTER JUST FIVE YEARS in business, Australian meat pie peddler […]
GentriWatch: Signs of a Slowdown for Boston’s Luxury Housing?
Welcome to GentriWatch, where we look for signs of gentrification happening around the city. “THESE ARE GOOD DAYS to be a well-heeled renter in Boston,” […]
GentriWatch: Farewell to The Littlest Bar, Condos Proposed in Rozzie
Welcome to GentriWatch, where we look for signs of gentrification happening around the city. A GAS STATION in Roslindale left vacant for nearly a decade […]
GentriWatch: The Fight for 100% Affordability in Egleston Square
Welcome to GentriWatch, where we look for signs of gentrification happening around the city. EGLESTON SQUARE in Jamaica Plain has become one of the most contentious […]
This Week in Boston’s Gentrification
Welcome to GentriWatch, where we look for signs of gentrification happening around the city. Boston is undergoing a rapid transformation—into what exactly, we’re not sure. Between 1990 and 2000, […]