Derek Hyra
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One of the most respected researchers on gentrification and the New Urban Renewal, Derek Hyra offers an unparalleled analysis of the nation's most difficult and complex issues.
The phrase "cappuccino city" refers to previously low-income, minority neighborhoods that are experiencing major demographic shifts caused by the influx of mid-to-upper income, white millennials. It's happening in the Bronx in New York City, in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood, and in the Shaw area of Washington, D.C. Shaw is the neighborhood at the center of Derek Hyra's new book, "Race, Class, and Politics in the Cappuccino City."
THE NEW URBAN RENEWAL
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RACE, CLASS, AND POLITICS IN THE CAPPUCCINO CITY
Falls Church wants a movie theater. It might use tax dollars to pay for one.
"We usually provide tax incentives for public goods. We'd like to have a movie theater, but it's not a public good," planning commissioner Derek Hyra said at the Sept. 21 meeting. "It's not a public high school. You have to pay to go there."
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Derek Hyra is a professor in the School of Public Affairs and Founding Director of the Metropolitan Policy Center at American University. His research focuses on processes of neighborhood change, with an emphasis on housing, urban politics, and race. He is a leading expert on gentrification and equitable neighborhood development policy.