No a la gentrificación

San José, Costa Rica

Photograph | No a la Gentrificación – San José, Costa Rica, 2025

Spotted on a rusted zinc fence in San José: “No a la gentrificación.”A clear message, spray-painted and defiant.

Graffiti like this speaks to the tensions shaping city spaces—rising rents, displacement, and the struggle over land. These markings help us read the community, revealing resistance where official narratives stay silent.

Urban space isn’t neutral. Walls speak. We just have to look.