III.5.7. GENTRIFICATION WITH BRAKES

MENU: 3.5.7. Gentrification with brakes

GENTRIFICATION USUALLY WIPES OUT LOCAL CULTURE. HERE CREATIVE NEWCOMERS BRING A (MOSTLY) HAPPY MIX 

Bank ad next to the Barbès metro

Bike repair at the heart of the neighborhood

Perry Féerique

32 rue Laghouat

Residents at a neighborhood festivity

Evolution

• Empty lots and new building

• Sad: A Moroccan restaurant changes hands 

• Sad: fast-food replaces a convivial bar

• But traditional and gourmet shops intertwine

• Social services, key to the mix 

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Empty lots and new building