How to Kill a City Gentrification, Inequality, and the Fight for the Neighborhood

by Moskowitz, PE

• ISBN13: 9781645030744
• ISBN10: 1645030741
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2025-08-12
• Publisher: Hachette Books
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Summary

“An exacting look at gentrification” (New York Times Book Review)—and the lives devastated in the process

The term gentrification has become a buzzword to describe the changes in urban neighborhoods across the country, but we don’t realize just how threatening it is. It means more than the arrival of trendy shops, much-maligned hipsters, and expensive lattes. The very future of American cities as vibrant, equitable spaces hangs in the balance. 

A vigorous exposé revealing who holds power in our cities, How to Kill a City uncovers the massive systemic forces behind gentrification in New Orleans, Detroit, San Francisco, and New York. Now with a new preface reflecting on the present-day political landscape surrounding the housing crisis, How to Kill a City is essential reading for anyone who cares about the fate of our cities and our nation. 

Author Biography

P. E. Moskowitz is a former staff writer for Al Jazeera America. They have written for publications including the Guardian, New York Times, New Republic, Wired, and more. They are the author of The Case Against Free Speech. A graduate of Hampshire College and the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, they live in New York City.