The Dying Manhattan Coffee Shop (and the Case of Philadelphia)

By Guest Contributor Aymar Jean Christian, originally published at Televisual
Taking a break from film/TV/web series today to talk about an issue dear to my heart: the urban coffee shop. Specifically, the dying Manhattan coffee shop (and how Philadelphia is better).
I originally wrote this for Splice Today, but decided to re-post here after hearing from a [...]

The Gentrification Shuffle, Redux: Rebranding Anacostia

by Latoya Peterson

“Gentrification is coming,” says Morgan, “and there’s nothing you can do to stop it.”
What’s the difference between East of the River and River East?  According to a March 3rd article in the Washington City Paper, it depends on who you are.
Anacostia is located in South East, DC, made notorious for high levels of [...]

Thoughtless and Racist

By Guest Contributor quadmoniker, originally published at PostBourgie

I’m going to be vague on location here to avoid giving away too much, but I had a friend who just had to interview a group of homeowners in a portion of the northeast that’s very wealthy and smugly liberal. The group was concerned about a mixed-income housing [...]

discrimination suit: “live with your people”

By Guest Contributor Angry Asian Man, originally published at Angry Asian Man

In New York, a woman is suing a Flushing Queens co-op board for trying to force her and her family out of their apartment building because she’s Chinese: Woman sues co-op for saying: Live with your people.
Lisa Sheen says board members at her building [...]

Cameron Diaz Talks Going Green; Skirts Around Environmental Racism

by Latoya Peterson
In this month’s Marie Claire, Cameron Diaz is gracing the cover and bringing a message. The popular starlet has embraced the environment as her new motivation, and is doing a low budget movie/documentary about the state of our fair planet.
The reporter follows Diaz to her old neighborhood in Long Beach, California, noting [...]

What goes around…

By Guest Contributor Jamelle, originally published on United States of Jamerica and PostBourgie

On his blog earlier this week, Ryan Avent made a really insightful point about the legacy of the Baby Boomer’s attitudes towards urban/suburban design:
But the really interesting point to me is that the Boomers have also screwed themselves. The policies mentioned above — [...]