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CPR for things that technically never died, just stopped charging enough rent.

means The act of pumping new energy, money, or purpose into something that had gone stale, declined, or fallen into neglect.

from Built from Latin 're-' (again) plus 'vita' (life) — the same root giving us 'vital' and 'vitamin' — stitched onto the verb-making suffix '-ize' and noun '-ation.' So literally: to make alive again. The word itself is a modern assembly job, likely English in origin, snapping together old Latin parts the way 'revitalization' projects snap new signage onto old buildings.

urban tell
usually means the poor people already left
before and after
same building, triple the coffee price
etymology
literally bringing back to life, figuratively bringing back to lucrative
warning sign
word appears right before a bike lane does
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