Jacob Anbinder

Jacob Anbinder is a Ph.D. candidate in history at Harvard University, where he is writing a dissertation on urban growth and its role in making the modern Democratic Party.

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What Historic Preservation Is Doing to American Cities

Laws meant to safeguard great buildings and neighborhoods can also present an obstacle to social progress.
- Jacob Anbinder
- May 2, 2022
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The Pandemic Disproved Urban Progressives’ Theory About Gentrification

The “gentrification-industrial complex” isn’t who anti-growth progressives think it is.
- Jacob Anbinder
- January 2, 2021

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Jacob Anbinder

What Historic Preservation Is Doing to American Cities

The Pandemic Disproved Urban Progressives’ Theory About Gentrification