Style & Design
July 10, 2023
Austin Is Getting Bigger. So Are Its Fences.
New homeowners are skirting city codes to close themselves off from their neighbors with sky-high, opaque barricades.
Gentrification
Politics & Policy
March 6, 2023
Can a Park Stitch Oak Cliff Back Together?
It’s intended to reconnect a corner of Dallas divided long ago by a highway, but without the right policies enacted, some fear it will displace residents who've lived there for decades.
Tacos
January 13, 2023
In Gentrifying Oak Cliff, a New Taqueria Offers Approachable and Affordable Fare
Tacos y Chelas may be surrounded by pricey restaurants, but the humble space has tacos al pastor and birria tacos that won’t break the bank.
Sports
May 10, 2022
Austin FC and Los Verdes Preserve Latinidad in the Gentrified Capital
In a city famous for its transplants, Austin’s Major League Soccer team has created a space where longtime residents can feel at home.
News & Politics
March 23, 2021
They Just Moved Into an Austin Neighborhood. Now They Want to End One of Its Traditions.
Car clubs have gathered for decades at “Chicano Park” in the East Cesar Chavez neighborhood. But residents of a new luxury apartment building have started calling the police to stop them.
Film & TV
March 19, 2021
Liz Lambert’s Documentary on the San José Motel Offers a Glimpse at South Congress Before Gentrification
Before she revamped one of Austin’s seediest motels, kicking off the neighborhood’s transformation, Lambert spent three years running the place—and filming her interactions with customers.
Music
July 23, 2020
“This Is Exactly What’s Wrong With Austin”: A White Band’s Digitally Altered Photo of an Iconic Black-Owned BBQ Joint Infuriates Locals
The musicians in Midland, a popular country band, have entered the conversation about gentrification in the worst possible way.
News & Politics
January 17, 2020
Houston Is Now Less Affordable Than New York City
A new report finds that, when transportation costs are factored in, Texas’s biggest metros aren’t the bargain they often claim to be.
Books
November 19, 2019
A Changing Austin, as Seen by One of England’s Leading Novelists
An excerpt from Texas expat Benjamin Markovits’s ‘Christmas in Austin’ casts a sharp eye on his hometown.
Art
May 15, 2018
A Mural, Painted Over in East Austin Last Year, Has Been Repainted on the North Side
Call it a comeback—for now.
Business
October 12, 2017
Why San Antonio Turned Down Amazon’s New Headquarters
Leaders of the Alamo City took it out of the running for the online retail giant’s HQ2.
Business
September 26, 2017
Every City in Texas Wants Amazon’s New Headquarters. They Should Think Twice
The case against Amazon.
Texas History
August 4, 2017
Montrose Is Dead. Long Live Montrose?
A requiem for Houston’s coolest neighborhood.
Art
May 18, 2017
Who Gets To Keep Austin Weird?
Murals at the intersection of Twelfth and Chicon on Austin’s East Side were painted over recently, while famous images in the city’s tourist neighborhoods have become institutions.
Art
November 23, 2016
Wards Matter
Robert Pruitt’s art vividly portrays the lives and dreams of the people who have long called Houston’s rapidly gentrifying neighborhoods home.
Business
February 25, 2016
A White Hipster Apologized For Vandalizing A Restaurant With “F— You White Hipsters”
White hipsters: The least self-aware people on the planet?
Business
March 26, 2015
Jordan French, the Landlord Who Demolished the East Austin Piñata Shop, Has Been Forced to Resign From the Company He Started
The PR fallout behind the Jumpolin fiasco continues to grow.
Business
February 17, 2015
Demolished East Austin Piñata Shop Is the New Center of Austin’s Gentrification Debate
When the owners of Jumpolin in East Austin went to bed on Wednesday night, they were the proprietors of a piñata shop. When they woke up on Thursday, they had a pile of rubble. But exactly what happened is still a matter of debate.
The Daily Post
December 3, 2014
Census Maps Show How Income Concentration Has Shifted in Texas
The San Antonio Express-News used Census data to track the physical movement of wealth in a variety of Texas cities. What do those maps teach us?
January 21, 2013
Are These Three Neighborhoods Really the Fastest-Gentrifying in Texas?
The Fordham Institute singles out zip codes in Austin, Houston, and Dallas, but his criteria is limited and imprecise.
News & Politics
June 1, 1986
The Snootiest Neighborhood in Texas
The residents of San Antonio’s King William Historic District saved their neighborhood from bums, bulldozers, and bogus bay windows. Now, if they can only save it from themselves.
Politics & Policy
June 1, 1986
Hate Thy Neighbor
A look at Houston’s Meyerland, Dallas’ Munger Place, El Paso’s Sunset Heights, and Austin’s Hyde Park shows that few fights get the blood boiling like a good fight with a neighbor.
Travel & Outdoors
September 30, 1974
Visit Beautiful Austin (Quick)
Austin is trading old houses for new offices. The City Council calls it progress.