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His constituents included business executives, socialites and lobbyists; gays who were gentrifying Dupont Circle; and African Americans who had lived in the rowhouses and apartment buildings east of Logan Circle for generations.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 6, 2020
Do you think those protestors were anti-gay, or were they just mad that Taylor and all of her friends were gentrifying their trailer park?
From Slate ● Jun. 17, 2019
And yet parts of the neighborhood were solidly working-class, and the edges of the neighborhood were gentrifying.
From New York Times ● Oct. 10, 2018
The galleries were gentrifying the neighborhood, and the community, many Turks later told reporters, felt encroached upon and left out.
From New York Times ● Feb. 10, 2012
