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Columbia University and the Gentrification of Harlem Meet Local Resistance Columbia University's plan to expand their historic Morningside campus by an additional seventeen acres has met widespread opposition. So when does the battle for education meet public resistance? When a university's goal of providing the physical space needed to continue to pursue their mission means the immediate gentrification of a historic Black neighborhood, and the displacement of residents who currently live in three properties along these seventeen acres in order to accommodate the University's demands.....< MORE > View Comments (0)

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