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What areas of your city (or the city you indentify with) are under gentrification?
In my native Los Angeles: Koreatown, Silverlake, Los Feliz, Little Tokyo,Hollywood (all over), Downtown LA, North Hollywood. Most of this gentrification in the inner core happens near subway/light rail lines.
Soon: The area around USC, I'd imagine it will become somewhat sought after when the Expo Line is finished. Chinatown, too.
The "Old Uptown" section of Harrisburg is gentrifying pretty rapidly right now. It's following in Midtown's footsteps. The neighborhood is just north of Midtown, slightly further from Downtown but still only minutes away.
Over 100 houses are currently being rehabbed, along with three new townhouse construction projects and a condominium building in the planning stages.
Picture of some new townhouses (existing houses on the site were in disrepair and abandoned so they were torn down)
A few houses just recently rehabbed that are now for sale:
In Knoxville it would be Fourth & Gill, Old North Knoxville, to a certain extent Mechanicsville, with Parkridge beginning to gain momentum. There are some other pleasant in-town neighborhoods but they never were downhill as much as those mentioned.
Ooops, I forgot the big one - Downtown - even the prices for restored victorians pale in comparison to a downtown condo. 10 yrs ago it was practically a ghost town.
Uptown
Rogers Park
Bronzeville/ Grand Blvd.
East Garfield
Near South Side
Oakland
Kenwood
East Humboldt Park
Woodlawn- small parts
Tri-Taylor
Near Westside
Logan Square
University Village
Location: New Albany, Indiana (Greater Louisville)
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censusdata, I hope the buildings in your second picture are staying. It looks like there are construction signs in front of, and in between them.
While downtown Youngstown is improving, I don't think there is any other gentrification in the city, yet.
They are being converted into condos. This project has actually been completed since the photo was taken.
Here are some more new buildings along the East Main/ Market Street corridor. This area has boomed since the completed of a minor league baseball stadium (Slugger Field) in 2000
Probably the most **important** project was the destruction of Kentucky's most dangerous public housing complex, Clarksdale, and replacing it with a mixed income development. Clarksdale set right across the street from the University of Louisville Medical Campus This project is still ongoing
The U of L Med Campus has also seen a ton of new buildings. It is also located just east of Downtown
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1e/Picture_154ULMedPlaza.jpg (broken link)
Noid, when I was a kid I did a stint as a camp counselor at (I think) Sherman park off Loomis. I remember the area was beginning to go downhill at the time (1970). Any chance it got revitalized? I have fond memories of that place. I remember thinking I was expecting I'd be in the inner city and it would look something like "west side story" with no trees for miles around. Instead it was a pretty, tree filled neighborhood.
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This project is still ongoing
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