What’s that smell? It might just be the next big thing in travel.

Scent is a great cue for me. I’m sure you’ve experienced the power of scent to transport you to a specific time or place, or remind you of a certain person. It might be a shampoo you used on a foreign holiday, a certain kind of food cooking or the perfume of a loved one.

Now, I wonder: what does gentrification look, smell, taste, feel, and sound like? What are the larger implications that accompany these sensory shifts? I want to understand with my whole body, not just with my mind, how increased development and an influx of affluence in this neighborhood shapes peoples’ everyday lived experiences of their ho

“I went to France.” O.K., but what did you do there? “I went to the Louvre.” O.K., but what did you do there? “I went to see the ‘Mona Lisa.’ ” That is, before quickly moving on: apparently, many people spend just fifteen seconds looking at the