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A one-story brown brick and white plaster house with a slanted roof; a car is parked on a cracked driveway surrounded by overgrown plants.
A lone woman walking down a street of storefronts during the day.
A child in a raincoat stands under a blooming lilac tree on a street corner
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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 Review & Interview
    • BIG SHOULDERS BOOKS: Virus City
  • Contents of the City
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Tagged: Gentrification
Two Black men sitting in the front seat of a red vintage car at a car show. Car doors and trunk open and on display.

Black Oakland/Still Here

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.

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