Dear Internet: Stop Placing Blame for Gentrification on an Architectural Style,The AVA Ballard, market rate apartments in Seattle, Washington. Image © <a href='https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Seattle_-_AVA_(building)_05.jpg'>Wikimedia user Joe Mabel</a> licensed under <a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en'>CC BY-SA 3.0</a>

Dear Internet: Stop Placing Blame for Gentrification on an Architectural Style,The ill-fated Pruitt-Igoe public housing complex, in St. Louis, before its demolition in 1972. Image via US Geological Society

Dear Internet: Stop Placing Blame for Gentrification on an Architectural Style,Compass on Dexter, housing for formerly homeless and low-income men, women and children in Seattle, WA. Image via US Dept. of Housing & Urban Development

Dear Internet: Stop Placing Blame for Gentrification on an Architectural Style,The Karl Marx Hof, a social housing project built when the city was governed by the Social Democratic Party of Austria, a period known as “Red Vienna” (1918-1934). Image © <a href='https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:D%C3%B6bling_(Wien)_-_Karl-Marx-Hof.JPG'>Wikimedia user Bwag</a> licensed under <a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en'>CC BY-SA 4.0</a>

Dear Internet: Stop Placing Blame for Gentrification on an Architectural Style,The West End Flats, in Denver, an affordable housing project for formerly homeless and low-income individuals built in the “developer chic” style. Image via US Dept. of Housing & Urban Development

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