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Gentrification

Articles tagged with: Gentrification

14 May 2021 12:21 PM

Barcelona's Gimnàs Social Sant Pau (by Eli Don)

Gimnàs Social Sant Pau, a community center at the heart of Barcelona's housing crisis

With 1,028 evictions in 2020, the Catalan capital is the city in Spain where they are carried out the most

Society

02 September 2019 12:19 PM

Criminology expert Kemp argued against the “security crisis” claims (Catalan News)

Barcelona's alleged security crisis exaggerated by media ‘echo chamber’, says expert

“These are not new problems, they have been around for a longer period of time”, says criminology lecturer Steven Kemp

Society

24 May 2019 02:04 PM

A flag denouncing tourist apartments in Girona city center. (Photo: Xavier Pi)

Girona’s ‘theme park’ city center no place for local neighbors

Affordable housing activists claim locals are being pushed out of their homes, while the Girona city council says there’s no issue

Society

21 March 2019 05:12 PM

Ada Colau speaking after the Eurocities group meeting in Brussels

Barcelona Mayor lobbies EU leaders to make city life more affordable

Ada Colau leads network of cities campaigning for three-point plan to cut rent prices, prioritizing regeneration over gentrification

Politics

20 March 2019 12:19 PM

The Plaça dels Àngels before the nightly pilgrimage of skaters

Barcelona's world-famous unofficial skate park faces controversial nighttime curfew

The sleek curves in front of the Macba art museum have been a skating landmark for a quarter of a century but are now under threat from Barcelona City Hall

Life & Style