gentrify a row of old houses. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Verb (used without object) : Some neighborhoods gentrify more easily than others. From Dictionary.com.
The locals were trying to gentrify the downtown area. From Wordnik.com. [Four Blind Mice]
Their plans to gentrify the West End are sidetracked. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-11-01] Reference
"We don't want the neighborhood to gentrify them out.". From Wordnik.com. [Artists vs. Blight] Reference
“Gays gentrify an area, then the straights move in.”. From Wordnik.com. [West Hollywood…no longer a “gay” city. Sign of Times! « Julian Ayrs & Pop Culture] Reference
I used to think, How can they gentrify the West Village?. From Wordnik.com. [Filmmaker Takes a Turn in the Mainstream] Reference
But they have also put in place the tools necessary to gentrify. From Wordnik.com. [Death Fences | International Metropolis] Reference
And then we'll have to single-handedly gentrify the neighborhood. From Wordnik.com. [lugging, schlepping, toting] Reference
Are we witnessing the opening salvo in the campaign to gentrify Plainfield?. From Wordnik.com. [The Richmond Beer Garden: Naked truckers, rowdy cops and gentrification] Reference
As such, trying to gentrify the offensiveness of the book disarms its critique. From Wordnik.com. [the misogyny post (updated)] Reference
The city just wants to gentrify the neighborhood, so they can make some good money. From Wordnik.com. [Turn Out the Red Light?] Reference
Most communities it seems gentrify and bus out the homeless or drive them into obscurity. From Wordnik.com. [How Dare They Spend Trillions on Corporate Welfare, Without...?] Reference
It's a little 1930s bungalow down in a section of town that can't decide how to gentrify. From Wordnik.com. [Goodnight, Irene]
Especially given the number of outside investors looking to finally gentrify the 9th Ward. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-03-01] Reference
T.O. by comparison has more people that can gentrify an area much quicker than Windsor can. From Wordnik.com. [Death Fences | International Metropolis] Reference
As inner-city neighborhoods gentrify, blight and intransigent poverty are moving out to the suburbs. From Wordnik.com. [How SoHo Can Save the Suburbs] Reference
We deserve fair access to housing because we deserve to have housing, not because we will gentrify a neighborhood. From Wordnik.com. [California Prop 8 Trial: No One Is Perfect] Reference
Both come out of New York's underground dance-club culture, and both celebrate their roots rather than gentrify them. From Wordnik.com. [Disco Keeps Stayin' Alive] Reference
They remember my neighborhood before it began to gentrify and can't fathom a skinny, white guy surviving in the "hood.". From Wordnik.com. [Weston Gentry: Thanksgiving in Five Points: Poverty and Plenty] Reference
Why don't they "gentrify" their own neighborhood?. From Wordnik.com. [Sound Politics: The Monorail is Racist] Reference
At least it was, that area is going to gentrify super fast now. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
"We would help to gentrify that community and that area," he said. From Wordnik.com. [National Business News - Local Business News | bizjournals] Reference
Truly, one can seek to gentrify soccer until one is blue in the face, but its. From Wordnik.com. [The Roar - Your Sports Opinion] Reference
Reply to this comment those who gentrify have names and addresses - 1112 w 18th street. From Wordnik.com. [Chicago Indymedia] Reference
I guess that if they could gentrify Venice and Echo Park, they can gentrify burritos too. From Wordnik.com. [Burritophile: The Burrito Files] Reference
I kind of hope somehow that New York might de-gentrify a little over the next couple years. From Wordnik.com. [VF Daily] Reference
gentrify's goal is to help you pick the perfect neighborhood you can move in to and gentrify. From Wordnik.com. [pfblogs.org: The Ad-Free Personal Finance Blogs Aggregator] Reference
As the area near Walter's began to gentrify, noise complaints about the venue became more common. From Wordnik.com. [chron.com Chronicle] Reference
Hundreds of New Yorkers rallied to support the action, chanting "They say gentrify, we say occupy!". From Wordnik.com. [IPS Inter Press Service] Reference
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