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Gentrification

Now that's a city harvest.

Tons of Delicious Fruit in Los Angeles Is Going Uneaten

A story of immigrant populations, gentrification, and the free loquat bonanza.

Dan Nosowitz May 26, 2021

Women kiss, celebrate, and hold up a banner for the Lesbian Herstory Archives in front of the Duchess Bar, then a popular lesbian bar in Greenwich Village, at Pride in 1982.

This Project Maps 25 Years of New York's Lesbian Nightlife

The interactive tool allows readers to explore how queer social life has changed over time.

Reina Gattuso March 9, 2021

The left side of "Multi-Cultural," a collaborative mural painted in 1980. State officials approved a plan that would destroy the painting.

New Mexico Will Tear Down a Historic Chicano Mural to Build an Art Museum

The artist, Gilberto Guzman, once wanted to restore the painting. But state officials say it’s too unstable.

Sabrina Imbler January 13, 2020

Edinburgh, Scotland

Quality Yard

Enter this small nook and you'll be surrounded by 360 degrees of street art.

Pui Wan's model of an old kopitiam.

Making Miniatures to Preserve Local Memories

Painstaking recreations of a rapidly changing city.

Lizzie Philip August 7, 2018

HOPE Outdoor Gallery in 2014. The gallery will be demolished next spring, and another will open 10 miles away.

An Ever-Shifting Austin Art Space Makes Its Biggest Move Yet

HOPE Outdoor Gallery is a local landmark. Will its spirit follow it to its new location?

Cara Giaimo July 24, 2018

A classic chopped cheese with ground beef, melted cheese, tomato, onion, and lettuce.

Chopped Cheese

This staple sandwich of Brooklyn delis has become a symbol of gentrification.

A screenshot from Google Street View shows Richard Taylor's guerrilla parking lines.

The New Zealand Man Who Took a Parking Problem Into His Own Hands

Followed by a brief, selective history of traffic vigilantism.

Natasha Frost July 31, 2017

Construction in downtown Seattle.

In Fast-Changing Seattle, an Effort Not to Forget the Past

A new project gathers the collective memory of places that no longer exist.

Sommer Mathis April 28, 2017