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    Design and Architecture

    Artwashing and Gentrification in Boyle Heights

    The East LA neighborhood of Boyle Heights has become the latest flashpoint in the debate over gentrification and rising home prices. Activists are targeting art galleries for catalyzing gentrification and displacement of long-time tenants, to be replaced by folks from other parts of the Southland who are being priced out of their neighborhoods.

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    By Frances Anderton • Aug 30, 2016 • 1 min read

    The East LA neighborhood of Boyle Heights has become the latest flashpoint in the debate over gentrification and rising home prices. Activists are targeting art galleries for catalyzing gentrification and displacement of long-time tenants, to be replaced by folks from other parts of the Southland who are being priced out of their neighborhoods. DnA's Avishay Artsy reports from Boyle Heights.

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      Frances Anderton

      architecture critic and author

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      Avishay Artsy

      Producer, DnA: Design and Architecture

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    The struggle over growth, from Santa Monica to Boyle Heights
    1. 0:30Does LUVE hurt or help Santa Monica?
    2. 18:00Artwashing and Gentrification in Boyle HeightsYou’re reading this
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