Overtown renaissance sparks hope and concern | South Florida …
Dec 3, 2024 · More than $39M from HUD have been granted to Miami-Dade County and the city of Miami for Overtown revitalizations. Overtown, a historic Black neighborhood once known as the "Harlem of the South" for its thriving arts and business …
Will Miami’s Underdeck Right a Historical Wrong, or Leave Black ...
Dec 13, 2022 · With a plan to create an active greenspace with parks, amphitheaters, water features and more, The Underdeck opens up an opportunity to right these wrongs, but development and gentrification could also further displace Historic Overtown’s remaining residents and legacy businesses.
The Miami Times | Overtown renaissance sparks hope and concern
Dec 5, 2024 · More than $39M from HUD have been granted to Miami-Dade County and the city of Miami for Overtown revitalizations. Overtown, a historic Black neighborhood once known as the "Harlem of the South" for its thriving arts and business …
Race, Housing, and Displacement in Miami - ArcGIS StoryMaps
May 1, 2020 · Modern disparities caused by gentrification and other factors such as environmental racism are connected to historical patterns of racial discrimination in the public and private sectors of Miami's housing industry.
Gentrification of Miami - Wikipedia
Overtown was established as the central African-American neighborhood in segregated Miami during the Jim Crow era. Originally labeled “Colored Town”, it soon grew to incorporate immigrants from the Caribbean, such as Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago .
‘Fear of gentrification' in Overtown | Miami-Dade Roundup
Dec 26, 2014 · Big changes are coming to Miami's historic Overtown neighborhood, but local leaders are trying to make sure that gentrification doesn't overtake the neighborhood's current residents.
Gentrification in Overtown - Pavement Pieces
Nov 15, 2019 · Overtown is a historically black district in Miami, Florida. Home to one of the first and only black police precincts in the state, the neighborhood used to be called “Coloredtown” and was a thriving black cultural center often visited by renowned performers and artists such as Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald and Count Basie.
Climate change is gentrifying neighborhoods. In Miami, residents …
Jul 29, 2024 · Climate change is accelerating this dynamic in some parts of the U.S., a trend known as “climate gentrification.” In Miami neighborhoods such as Allapattah, Liberty City, Little Haiti, Overtown and West Grove, longtime residents fear what comes next.
Climate Gentrification and the Renaissance of Overtown Miami
Aug 1, 2018 · Climate gentrification is what happens when a neighborhood sees the influx of a new population, and a migration of the existing population, due to the land being at higher elevation, or at a lower risk for natural disasters.
Gentrification: Is it for better or for worse? - University of Miami
Nov 11, 2019 · “Gentrification in Miami is no different than in any other city in that developers go into black and brown communities that are disinvested and low income, where the property value is really low, and they buy properties without giving residents any …