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Manish Chalana on the changing face of Seattle's gay neighborhood

In the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle, which grew to be the center of the city’s LGBTQ community, Manish Chalana has written about changes to the the Pike Street/Pine Street corridor. An associate professor of urban design and planning at the University of Washington, Chalana has researched cities around the world, how development can alter the face and fabric of a community, and the role governments can play in the process. As the city of Seattle has encouraged higher densities, the influx of development on Capitol Hill over the past decade has meant higher rents, for residents and businesses alike. The area has become more affluent, with fewer of the modest and “gritty” establishments that were more common in the 1990s and even early 2000s, and newcomers may not always see it as primarily a gay neighborhood, Chalana said. Meanwhile, LGBTQ communities are growing in other areas, such as West Seattle and Tacoma.