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KelSo Beer Co. Plans to Leave Clinton Hill, Citing Rising Rent

As the realities of gentrification continue to affect housing prices in revamped neighborhoods, some businesses are also feeling pushed out. According to a recent report , KelSo Beer Co.
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City Council Members and De Blasio Planning Chief Spar Over Neighborhood Rezonings at Budget Hearing

City Council Members and De Blasio Planning Chief Spar Over Neighborhood Rezonings at Budget Hearing

What was ostensibly meant to be a City Council hearing on the proposed preliminary budget for the Department of City Planning on Tuesday turned into a debate about the de Blasio administration's approach to neighborhood rezonings.
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Upcoming Photo Exhibit at Bed Stuy Gallery Explores Changing Identities of Black America

Shawn Theodore's 'Church of Broken Pieces' presents concepts of race, spirituality, patriarchy, matriarchy and class structure within disappearing Black communities "Off Kilter.
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BP Adams Says He Will Fight to Preserve Starrett City, Following Talks of Sale

BP Adams and Rep.
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In Surprise Shift, Mayor De Blasio Says He Opposes Controversial Crown Heights Towers

In Surprise Shift, Mayor De Blasio Says He Opposes Controversial Crown Heights Towers

Mayor Bill de Blasio is set to announce his opposition to the development of a controversial residential project in Crown Heights that had sparked fears of gentrification as well as the casting of plant-killing shadows over the Brooklyn Botanic Garde
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The Race for Brooklyn Borough President Heats Up

The Race for Brooklyn Borough President Heats Up

The year had barely begun when Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams unexpectedly fired a warning shot above all candidates running for citywide office in the coming months. ... Click here to view original web page at commercialobserver.
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The Brooklyn Children's Museum: How do you spell G-E-N-T-R-I-F-I-C-A-T-I-O-N to a 5-year-old?

Gentrification. It's not just a "Brooklyn thing;" it's become a national phenomenon, spreading like a virus through most major cities and some suburban communities across the country.
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Taxilandia Takes Passengers on a Theatrical Ride Through Bushwick

Taxilandia Takes Passengers on a Theatrical Ride Through Bushwick

Modesto Jimenez, in his latest piece of cab-theater, takes audiences for a drive through Bushwick's past, present and future.
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6 Robo-Rebels Win First Place at the First Lego League Competition

By Clarissa James On January 25, 2015, The 6 Robo-Rebels of DIVAS for Social Justice competed in the Brooklyn Qualifier for the First Lego League (FLL) competition and took first place in the presentation challenge of the competition.
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A BK Grandfather Subjected to Deed Theft Can Keep His Home

A BK Grandfather Subjected to Deed Theft Can Keep His Home

Dairus Griffiths had been in his Bed-Stuy home almost 30 years when he says he was duped into signing over the property's title to a development company
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