II.4.4.g. GENTRIFICATION WITH BRAKES

MENU: 2.4.4.g. Gentrification with brakes

GENTRIFICATION WIPES OUT A PART OF LOCAL CULTURE, BUT SOCIAL SERVICES AND CREATIVE NEWCOMERS BRING A (MOSTLY) HAPPY MIX 

Bank ad next to the Barbès metro

Aspects of change

• Empty lots and new building

• A Moroccan restaurant changes hands 

• Fast-food chicken replaces a convivial bar

• On the other hand...

• Social services, key to the mix

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Empty lots and new building