Derek Hyra’s Shaw/U Street research featured in Summer 2012 Virginia Tech Research magazine

"What happens when upscale comes to the ’hood? D.C.’s Shaw/U Street neighborhood has a rich cultural history and has had devastating riots. It’s on its way up again. But will it be enriched or thinned out? Derek Hyra’s in-depth ethnographic investigation of the redevelopment of the Shaw/U Street neighborhood in the northwest section of Washington, D.C., is the subject of the cover story in the Summer 2012 issue of the Virginia Tech Research magazine."  Read more at this link: http://ncr.vt.edu/highlights/Highlight-082312.html