Hyra described the massive transformation in the U Street/Shaw area, where the city's once most infamous open-air drug market has become a farmers' market now selling grass-fed beef and homemade duck egg ravioliThe area has seen a sharp increase in the white population and skyrocketing property prices, a sign of gentrification in the Washington DC24K88体育平台Located in southwest Washington along the waterfront next to the famed Maine Avenue Fish Market, its first phase will open on Oct 12Hyra described how the "dark ghetto" has been turned into a "gilded ghetto"Chen Weihua/China DailyHaving lived in Washington DC for almost five years, I have seen the city g24K88体育平台rowing, with new construction and renovation projects happening in many streets and neighborhoodsHis book this year, Race, Class, and Politics in the Cappuccino City, is the result of his many years of field research on the issues