Paris Is Not Dead
Surviving Hypergentrification in the City of Light

Super interesting! I would’ve finished sooner if I didn’t become an islander but alas. Interesting and not super dense I really wanted to understand the inner workings of my favorite city (sin ny) and this was a cool way of getting under the surface. Paris is certainly not ready for me but it has no......more

This book drew me in for several reasons. One, I’m going to Paris for the first time next month and when I travel, I like to learn what’s brewing under the surface, beyond the tourism. Two, I lived for a couple years in French speaking West Africa and have since followed news of rising social issues......more

This is a beautifully written book that combines history, astute criticism, thought-provoking reporting and a positive vision for what Paris can become if it resists the current trend toward hyper-gentrification. The profiles of workers who have been priced out of their homes, suffer torturous commu......more

In Paris Is Not Dead, journalist Cole Stangler takes readers through the present-day hypergentrification of Paris, historical modes of gentrification and working class vs. upper class conflicts over property in the city, French governmental policies that allow/promote radical increases in housing af......more

I don’t understand people who think like this author. This book is a strange glorification of poverty and communism. The author, who is an American living in France (seemingly the antithesis of what he advocates) laments the gentrification of Paris and the increasing privatization of housing. The bo......more