gentrification

Study Suggests Indie Coffee Shop Design Has Become Strikingly Uniform

New research suggests that independent coffee shops in the U.S. and Canada are so homogenized in their interior design that they collectively present a de facto brand, running counter to...

2026.03.21

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Are Rents Rising in Your Philly Neighborhood? Don’t Blame the Baristas

Baristas who work in specialty coffee shops, along with hipsters more generally, have been referred to as the “shock troops” of urban gentrification — and it’s no different in Philadelphia....

2023.11.30

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