What City Observatory Did This Week Outdated rules of thumb put a thumb on the scale:Â Many common land use and transportation planning “rules of thumb” produce harmful results by systematically biasing our built environment
The Week Observed, March 7, 2025 Read Post »
Gentrification: Â Here’s your all-purpose list, from artists to zoning, of who and what’s to blame We first published this list in 2019, but the realm of suggested scapegoats has expanded, and now includes fire, gray
Our 2025 list from A to Z of everything that causes gentrification Read Post »
New York lost more than 100,000 homes due to the combination of smaller, more affordable apartments into larger, more luxurious homes When rich people can’t buy new luxury housing, they buy up, and combine small
Gentrification and Housing Supply Read Post »
Jerusalem Demsas of Vox has a thoughtful synthesis of what we know about gentrification.  If we’re concerned about poverty and inequality, gentrification is far from the biggest problem we face. Gentrification is surprisingly rare, and
Talkin’ ’bout my gentrification Read Post »
The Great Disconnect By Jason Segedy City Observatory is pleased to publish this guest commentary from Akron’s Jason Segedy. It originally appeared on his blog. As this decade draws to a close, the story
The Great Disconnect: The perverse rhetoric of gentrification Read Post »
Banning new construction is a great way to push up home values and accelerate gentrification Cities are conflicted and confused about how to protect affordability “Stop the world – I want to get off” was
How to make gentrification even worse Read Post »
