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    • SECTION 1—Walkers in the City
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    • SECTION 3—Bicycles, Trains, & Automobiles
    • SECTION 4—Textual Burlesque
  • Report & Eyewitness
    • SECTION 5—All the City’s a Stage
    • SECTION 6—Urban Fabric
    • SECTION 7—After Slag
    • SECTION 8—Strangers Here Ourselves
    • SPECIAL ISSUE—This Blissful City 2021
  • RANT & REMEDY
    • SECTION 9—The Living Grid
    • SECTION 10—Mean Streets
    • SECTION 11—Letter From Another City
    • SECTION 12—Continuous City
    • From the Editor’s Desk—Sally Rand’s Fan Dance
  • INTERVIEW & HAPPENING
    • Slag Glass Happenings
    • The Slag Glass Interview
  • Contents of the City
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Abandoned buildings in Beirut line a gravel road where there are piles of dirt and several soldiers standing guard.
A train rushes by at JFK Airport in NYC. A building made entirely of class can be seen in the background.
Busy city street in Mumbai, India.
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  • About
  • Contact Us
  • Submit to the City
  • Essay, Memoir, & Lyric
    • SECTION 1—Walkers in the City
    • SECTION 2—Intimate Graffiti
    • SECTION 3—Bicycles, Trains, & Automobiles
    • SECTION 4—Textual Burlesque
  • Report & Eyewitness
    • SECTION 5—All the City’s a Stage
    • SECTION 6—Urban Fabric
    • SECTION 7—After Slag
    • SECTION 8—Strangers Here Ourselves
    • SPECIAL ISSUE—This Blissful City 2021
  • RANT & REMEDY
    • SECTION 9—The Living Grid
    • SECTION 10—Mean Streets
    • SECTION 11—Letter From Another City
    • SECTION 12—Continuous City
    • From the Editor’s Desk—Sally Rand’s Fan Dance
  • INTERVIEW & HAPPENING
    • Slag Glass Happenings
    • The Slag Glass Interview
  • Contents of the City
  • Slag Glass Tumblr
Tagged: Gentrification
Two men are sitting together on a city bench. The man sitting on the left side of the bench is wearing a hat, sunglasses, and a tank top that says “The Smiths.” His arm is wrapped around the shoulder of the man on the right who is wearing a t-shirt and jean shorts.

This Charming Man

A side of a storefront. On the left is a fancy clothing store, while the brick wall and garage door to the right is covered in colorful graffiti, with the words “Gentrify This” in the center of the art.

Urban Excursions in the Gentrifying City

Tropical-like house with a blue door and white and yellow exterior

Bone Island Blues

Playing Bridge with the Roosevelts

A man walks behind a construction sign that reads "ROADWORK ON SIDE ROAD" on a busy city street.

Brickscape

South Side Chicago in 1970. Vintage cars are driving down a road with business marquees on the sidewalks.

Narrow Places

Black and white photograph of an empty suburban street.

DREAM HOUSE

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