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The Initiative on Cities co-sponsors "Professor Perspectives: Gentrification in Boston" Oct. 25 at 100 Bay State Road. PHOTO BY VIVIAN MYRON/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Professors, students gather to discuss gentrification in Boston

Sydney Wertheim October 31, 2017

In 1964, Ruth Glass, a British sociologist, coined the term "gentrification," describing it as the displacement of the “social character of a district” because the inner working class neighborhoods...

Boston University students and graduates often struggle to afford housing in Greater Boston due to rising rent costs. PHOTO BY KATIE GODERE/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU graduates face inhospitable housing market in Boston

Carina Imbornone October 18, 2017

Young professionals who spent four years of their lives in America's college town may find it increasingly hard to live in Boston post-graduation. Rising rent costs throughout the city of Boston, when...

Boston residents participate in a walking tour of Allston Saturday afternoon for Imagine Boston 2030 Week, an engagement effort by Boston Mayor Martin Walsh to share plans for the city. PHOTO BY ASHLEY GRIFFIN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Weekend walking tours engage residents in Imagine Boston 2030

Daily Free Press Staff December 4, 2016

4.2-mile walk lets community leaders, residents discuss Emerald Necklace plan By Abigail Freeman Approximately 50 people walked from Franklin Park to Joseph Moakley Park Saturday morning to learn about...

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