# What a City Is For

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- Book: [What a City Is For](https://www.bookquiver.com/matt-hern/what-a-city-is-for) ([What a City Is For.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/matt-hern/what-a-city-is-for.md))
- Authors: [Matt Hern](https://www.bookquiver.com/matt-hern)
- Publisher: the_mit_press
- ISBN: 978-02-6253-442-0
- Pages: 266
- Published: 2017-09-01
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

An investigation into gentrification and displacement, focusing on the case of Portland, Oregon's systematic dispersal of black residents from its Albina neighborhood. Portland, Oregon, is one of the most...