Fishtown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Racial Designation: Black

Gentrification Status: High

Responsible Party: developers buying up churches

Tools of Gentrification: Landmark Targeting

Community Response: Undetermined 

Anti-gentrification Advocates: Bishop Benjamin Thompson 3d, New Light Beulah’s pastor//Rev. Terrence Griffith, First African Baptist’s pastor

Anti-gentrification Strategies: Churches 

Source: https://www.usnews.com/news/healthiest-communities/articles/2018-07-14/as-areas-gentrify-black-churches-lose-their-base-depart

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