[ad_1] Los Angeles CNN — At 26, Ixchel Hernandez has become the defender and protector of her family’s modest apartment. In the two decades they’ve lived in their Los Angeles home, the family of four has successfully fought against multiple attempts aimed at pricing and, ultimately, forcing them out. “We …
Read More »Indian billionaire Adani’s firm wins bid to develop vast Mumbai slum
[ad_1] The real estate unit of Indian billionaire Gautam Adani’s Adani Enterprises has won the right to redevelop India’s largest slum, Mumbai’s Dharavi neighborhood, with a 50 billion rupee ($612 million) bid, a state official said on Tuesday. Believed to be the largest slum in Asia, Dharavi is a crowded …
Read More »Elizabeth Street Garden: New Yorkers score legal victory in a fight to protect their garden
[ad_1] NEW YORK CNN — Emmanuelle Chiche remembers the first time she stumbled upon Elizabeth Street Garden, a charming green space hidden between rows of concrete buildings in lower Manhattan. It wasn’t like any other garden in the city, she remembers thinking. It transported her back to France, her home …
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