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"...City Hall's Smart Growth gentrification-purge of lower-income Austinites has been up and running since..."

April 9, 2004 Column

City Council out to Get Austinites

"...of asphalt and poured concrete." City Hall's Smart Growth gentrification-purge of lower-income Austinites has been up and running since..."

April 6, 2004 Postmarks

With Minimal Drama, Saltillo Project Lurches Forward

Capital Metro hires a planner and appoints community advisors for the rail-yard redevelopment

"...to happen in and around the Saltillo District is gentrification and displacement of existing residents and business owners --..."

Aug. 8, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Here Comes the Neighborhood

Capital Metro, City Hall, and Eastside neighbors come together to share their hopes -- and fears -- for the Saltillo corridor.

"...a consultant would ignore their viewpoints on issues like gentrification. Simply planning the Saltillo request-for-proposals involved the most elaborate..."

June 27, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

No Quiet on the Eastern Front

The choice for Place 2 presents two approaches to Eastside issues.

"...and its allies). Now, Fernandez thinks neighborhood planning abets gentrification, drives out low-income residents, and lays the groundwork for..."

April 18, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

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Good cops and bad cops, radio waverings and global warming warnings.

"...Gentrification w/o Representation..."

Feb. 23, 2001 Column

As Council Works to Improve Affordability With HOME, How Will Displacement Factor In?

Research shows small lots boost affordability though concerns linger

"...But concerns about worsening gentrification remain a salient fear for some, often based on..."

Dec. 6, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

Seven Candidates Vie for the Future of District 4

Special election decides who will complete Greg Casar's term at City Hall

"...build by right will cause yet more displacement and gentrification. "I cannot think of a city in the United..."

Jan. 7, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Opinion: Austin’s Sustainability Efforts Need Anti-Displacement Tools

An environmental policy advocate explains why urban planning and increased sustainability efforts must address gentrification as Austin's people are just an integral to Austin as its infrastructure is.

"...ongoing urban "greening" but in turn has allowed the gentrification of the artists who made Austin what it is..."

Sept. 24, 2021 Column by Chelsea Gómez

Fantastic Fest: When a Bingo Hall Becomes Bingo Hell

Granny get yer gun

"...of us at some point have witnessed or lived gentrification in some way, shape, or form," Guerrero said. "We..."

Sept. 24, 2021 Screens Feature by Jenny Nulf

With Equity in Mind, Austin Embarks on Bringing Its History Up to Date

So many more stories to tell

"...the stakes: "The 11th Street block has undergone dramatic gentrification. Does that mean the Victory Grill is threatened by..."

July 2, 2021 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

Austin Charts New Territory With Project Connect Anti-Displacement Fund

Bringing transit home

"...limit displacement in neighborhoods that are already going through gentrification...."

May 21, 2021 News Feature by Benton Graham

Austin at Large: Lowrider Knows Every Street

Digging deeper on the Eastside car club story reveals both our past and our future

"...hilarious. One level down, it's a microcosm of Austin gentrification and our often sublimated but no less bitter and..."

April 2, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

A Long Activist Legacy Survives on the Eastside

Holding on to El Barrio

"...the displacement that in later years would lead to gentrification. "The developers' interest is this is prime land," he..."

Nov. 20, 2020 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Mapping the Land Development Code Madness

Trying to make sense of the proposed changes

"...reduces or eliminates upzonings in areas most vulnerable to gentrification, and adds transition zoning in a lot of places,..."

Feb. 7, 2020 News Feature by Nick Barbaro

The DWNLD: A QPOC Event Looks to Reclaim Space in Austin

Where queer people of color can come and feel like home

"...name is also a clever clap-back to both Austin’s gentrification problem amidst the tech boom...."

Feb. 1, 2020 Qmmunity Post by Diane Zaragoza

Council: Back in the Groove

Budget done, Council trudges on

"...City Council heard the first briefing on UT's long-awaited gentrification study at its work session on Tuesday. Like Ann..."

Sept. 21, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

People's Anti-Displacement Plan Gets Its Work in Early

Planning for the people

"...take immediate action to address the impact of ongoing gentrification...."

Sept. 14, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Ian Svenonius’ Many Musical Irons

D.C. stalwart Levitates twice this weekend

"...1999 to 2004. That was where I first encountered gentrification. Everywhere I moved since then, gentrification has followed me...."

April 27, 2018 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Tovo and Casar Unfiltered on CodeNEXT

The Council members' full conversation with the Chronicle

"...(not in this one), how redevelopment would happen, could gentrification be slowed or accelerated, through this process. They promised..."

Sept. 14, 2017 News Post by Nick Barbaro

12th and Chicon Mural to Be Repainted

New owner responds to community uproar

"...over Friday, May 12, kicking up another round of gentrification debates. The mural, painted by now-local artist Chris Rogers..."

May 19, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Public Notice: Tool of Racism?

CodeNEXT fears aired; hopes expressed

"...Eastside representatives came out with dramatic statements regarding the gentrification of the traditionally minority Eastside...."

Feb. 24, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Jumpolin Lawsuit Settled

But terms of the settlement aren't being released

"...purchased land, while concurrently seeking a demolition permit (see “Gentrification Refugees,” Feb. 27) – unbeknownst to the Lejarazus...."

Dec. 3, 2015 News Post by Tony Cantú

Master Plan of Encroachment

"...longtime, low-income residents who have been displaced because of gentrification. Starting about 1900 the city pushed us out of..."

Nov. 24, 2015 Postmarks

Eastside Developer Promises $15/Hour Wage Floor, and More

Developer joins with Workers Defense to offer labor guarantees, but the neighborhood still has qualms about a new hotel

"...floor – to help mitigate the effects of neighborhood gentrification. Though the developers are not the first to join..."

June 5, 2015 News Feature by Tony Cantú

La Lotería Returns

After community outcry, painted-over mural to be restored

"...community see the defacement as further evidence of a gentrification wave that continues to transform their neighborhood from a..."

April 24, 2015 News Feature by Tony Cantú

Been Happening For Decades

"...off by saying that the residents have been decrying gentrification for years. I would say it has been more..."

April 12, 2015 Postmarks

Unanswered Questions at Status Labs

Jumpolin demo results in CEO resignation

"...demolition to stage a party at the property (see "Gentrification Refugees," Feb. 27). Jumpolin owners Sergio and Monica Lejarazu..."

April 3, 2015 News Feature by Tony Cantú

Point Austin: Firestarter

If you want to protest institutional racism, pick an actual target

"...his actions as somehow "stirring the conversation" on Eastside gentrification, or (even more absurdly) as an "art piece" calling..."

March 27, 2015 News Column by Michael King

Misleading the Readers

"...zoning change has been drummed up through the Chronicle’s pro-gentrification message, which plays to people’s white privilege. (Number of..."

Dec. 3, 2014 Postmarks

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