Gentrification

New York residents mark anniversary of Hurricane Katrina (People's Daily)

30 Aug 2008

New York City residents marked the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina slamming into the Gulf Coast region of the United States Friday with a Manhattan march to support those displaced by the storm. According to a report available on www.ny1.com, the march through the streets of Manhattan was dubbed "A Call to Action, A Day of Unity," and participants hoped to draw attention to the plight ...

Resident and L&I dispute demolition of house (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

30 Aug 2008

Michael Best sleeps in his truck these days, homeless. For that, he blames the city Department of Licenses and Inspections, which he says knocked down his Fishtown house without giving him proper notification.

Guerrilla artists voting with street signs (Miami Herald)

30 Aug 2008

On a brick wall in downtown Atlanta that usually is splattered with graffiti tag names, a spray-paint portrait of Barack Obama now gazes over the streetscape.