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This Latina is Going Viral After Sharing Why Her Coffee Shop Could Shut Down

Zameena Mejia — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 15:45:55 +0000

Buddies Coffee co-owner Rachel Nieves is shedding light on the dark side of gentrification. In a new viral TikTok video, the entrepreneur burst into tears as she shared that she might have to close her Brooklyn-based business because her landlord is raising her shop’s rent and a new coffee shop is opening right next door

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Toñita’s, a Puerto Rican Landmark in NYC, in a Fight To Keep Its Doors Open

Kiko Martinez — Thu, 01 Jun 2023 18:55:23 +0000

Supporters of the Caribbean Social Club in Brooklyn, lovingly known as Toñita’s, gathered together Thursday morning (June 1) in solidarity with its owner, owner Maria “Toñita” Cay, as she faced a court hearing today about the future of the Puerto Rican landmark. Toñita’s has served the Williamsburg area of Brooklyn for generations as a

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Puerto Ricans Hit Back at News of Hard Rock Hotel Coming to Old San Juan

Kiko Martinez — Wed, 15 Feb 2023 16:26:38 +0000

The Hard Rock hotel chain is coming to Puerto Rico, and plenty of residents are not very happy about it. Plans are to build the $500-million venue in Old San Juan where the Department of Finance is currently located. According to El Nueva Dia, the hotel will break ground in 2024. The history of Old

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The Cast & Crew of ‘Gentefied’ Explain What ‘Gentefication’ Means To Them

Manuel Betancourt — Fri, 21 Feb 2020 18:41:06 +0000

There is one word you should be adding to your vocabulary after watching Netflix’s new bilingual comedy Gentefied: “gentefication.” The concept, which gives Marvin Lemus and Linda Yvette Chavez‘s Boyle Heights-set show its name, has been slowly making its way to the mainstream. In essence, it’s a variation on gentrification but with very specific nods to

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This 7-Foot Virgen de Guadalupe Is a Commentary on Gentrification in Boyle Heights

Remezcla Estaff — Tue, 21 Aug 2018 21:48:14 +0000

In Mexican-American neighborhoods throughout the United States, it isn’t rare to see murals pay homage to la Virgen de Guadalupe. But as gentrifiers push Latinos out of the neighborhoods they have called home for generations, these murals have been painted over. For one artist who has seen his Boyle Heights neighborhood change, this shift pushed

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How This Zapatista-Inspired Cafe Successfully Fought Gentrification in LA’s Eastside

Samanta Helou — Mon, 24 Jul 2017 22:26:39 +0000

On the sidewalk in front of the Eastside Café in the Los Angeles neighborhood of El Sereno, canopies are set up boasting colorful artisanal goods. Sound check is underway for a lineup of local bands and poets. Puestos are built selling aguas frescas, tacos, and esquites. Angela Flores, a co-founder of this community space, waves

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Iconic 1971 Pilsen Mural Honoring Mexican Heroes Is Latest Victim of Gentrification

Yara Simón — Wed, 21 Jun 2017 20:18:17 +0000

With the swipe of a brush, a part of Pilsen’s history was erased. Gone is the colorful 1971 mural celebrating historic Mexican and Chicano figures, including Rudy Lozano, Frida Kahlo, Benito Juárez, and Cesar Chávez and in its place is a bare gray wall that doesn’t reflect the community that has made this Chicago neighborhood

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