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Hazelwood redevelopment suggests neighborhood investment can advance without typical displacement pressures
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Neighborhood investments meant to improve housing and opportunity often spark fears of gentrification and displacement. That worry is playing out in Pittsburgh's Hazelwood neighborhood, where a stalled Second Avenue housing project sits blocks from the 178-acre (72-hectare) Hazel
Neighborhood investments meant to improve housing and opportunity often spark fears of gentrification and displacement. That worry is playing out in Pittsburgh's Hazelwood neighborhood, where a stalled Second Avenue housing project sits blocks from the 178-acre (72-hectare) Hazelwood Green riverfront development.
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