West Philly’s Second Story Collective pairs students with older adults
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North Philly land trust’s affordable housing fight displacement
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Where I Live: Dignowity Hill
The Where I Live series aims to showcase our diverse city and region by spotlighting its many vibrant neighborhoods. Each…
Q&A with Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson on accomplishments and second term goals
Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson was elected into office on November 2, 2021, serving over 1.3 million…
A “Sex and the City” extra wanted to build a housing complex. He must evict a Boyle Heights family first
In just four days, 85-year-old Columba Torralba and her family could be homeless. They’ve lived in the same…
James Ijames ‘Good Bones’ inspired by Chinatown stadium
Ijames, who won the Pulitzer Prize in 2022 for “Fat Ham,” wrote “Good Bones” in 2017, well before…
Provisional Governance: How Temporary Projects Reshape Cities
Temporary Site of Shengli Market / LUO studio. Image © Weiqi Jin Share Share Facebook Twitter Mail Pinterest…
Chicago residents slam Obama’s ‘Tower of Babel’ as neighborhood faces cultural erasure
WASHINGTON (TNND) — The construction of the Obama Presidential Center, which will house the digital archives from Obama’s…
Anti-Gentrification Protest Targets Mexico City Contemporary Art Museum
MEXICO CITY — A group of anti-gentrification protesters vandalized the contemporary art museum of the National Autonomous University…
Median sale prices doubled or more in these 24 NYC neighborhoods: report
Dozens of forgotten NYC neighborhoods have become real estate hot spots, with home prices doubling — or more…