Global Gentrification: A Before-and-After Glance at Eight Transformed Cities

See how these major global cities have transformed.

London, England - Since 2001, a swarm of hipster enclaves have been popping up across central-London neighborhoods, like Dalston and Peckham, drawing in young, urban professionals from the surrounding suburbs.(Photo: PA PHOTOS/LANDOV)
London, England - As a result, those residents unable to afford increasing rent prices are pushed farther out of desirable areas and into the outer edges of the city, now considered the ghetto by most locals.(Photo: Eleanor Bentall/Bloomberg News/Getty Images)
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Berlin, Germany - After a series of aggressive yet unsuccessful protests in 2012 and 2013, the highly debated section of the wall — dubbed the East Side Gallery for its legendary painted murals — was torn down by a police-enforced construction crew to make way for development.(Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)WR980209.13.jpg

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London, England - As a result, those residents unable to afford increasing rent prices are pushed farther out of desirable areas and into the outer edges of the city, now considered the ghetto by most locals.(Photo: Eleanor Bentall/Bloomberg News/Getty Images)

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