Editing Washington Heights, Manhattan (section)

===21st century===
After work from the [[Fort Tryon Park Trust]] and the [[New York Restoration Project]] throughout the 1990s and 2000s, funded by the city with the help of generous private donations,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/10/14/nyregion/new-york-day-by-day-fort-tryon-park-turns-50.html|title=New York Day by Day; Fort Tryon Park Turns 50. . .|last1=Anderson|first1=Susan Heller|date=October 14, 1985|work=The New York Times|access-date=April 17, 2020|last2=Rimer|first2=Sara|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> the park and its reputation were restored.<ref name=CB/>{{Rp|210}}<ref name="fort tryon timeline"/>

[[Highbridge Park]], however, had the same problems as Fort Tryon Park but went without any major restoration funding for a while, likely due to its location in a lower-income area and lack of a frequently touristed landmark like [[The Cloisters]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/05/01/nyregion/a-critical-tour-of-the-empire-battery-park-to-high-bridge.html|title=A Critical Tour of the Empire: Battery Park to High Bridge . . .|last=Martin|first=Douglas|date=May 1, 1994|work=The New York Times|access-date=April 17, 2020|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> In 1997, the New York Restoration Project began to work on maintaining the park, but without the necessary funding much of the park's disrepair continued.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://ny.curbed.com/2015/6/25/9946618/as-high-bridge-reopens-a-neglected-park-remains-in-its-shadow|first=Nathan|last=Kensinger|date=June 25, 2015|work=[[Curbed]]|access-date=March 31, 2021|title=As High Bridge Reopens, a Neglected Park Remains in Its Shadow}}</ref> In 2016, however, the park received $30 million in restoration funding through the city's Anchor Parks initiative, with the full restoration set to be finished by 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://patch.com/new-york/washington-heights-inwood/work-begins-second-phase-30m-highbridge-park-renovation|title=Work Begins On Second Phase Of $30M Highbridge Park Renovation|last=Krisel|first=Brendan|date=July 15, 2019|website=Washington Heights-Inwood, NY Patch|access-date=August 20, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Neuman|first=William|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/19/nyregion/5-neglected-new-york-city-parks-to-get-150-million-for-upgrades.html|title=5 Neglected New York City Parks to Get $150 Million for Upgrades|date=August 18, 2016|work=The New York Times|access-date=October 14, 2019|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nycgovparks.org/planning-and-building/capital-project-tracker/project/8988|title=Highbridge Anchor Park Reconstruction Phase I|publisher=[[New York City Department of Parks and Recreation]]|access-date=February 6, 2021}}</ref>

Throughout the 2010s, Washington Heights residents made modest economic gains. According to [[American Community Survey]] data the neighborhood's poverty rate decreased from 27% to 18% in the approximate 2008–2018 period.<ref name=acsfactfinder2020>{{cite web|url=https://popfactfinder.planning.nyc.gov/explorer/selection/4ba28aabe2d983a4b7e9fa5c165c2ce00b7a5c36?acsTopics=all&source=acs-change|access-date=October 29, 2021|publisher=[[New York City Department of City Planning]]|title=NYC Population FactFinder (American Community Survey)}}</ref> In the same period, the unemployment rate decreased from 14% to 9% and the proportion of residents with [[bachelor's degree]]s increased from 29% to 35%.<ref name=acsfactfinder2020/>

Washington Heights has faced [[gentrification]] throughout the 2000s, with data from the [[New York University]] [[Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy|Furman Center]] finding that Washington Heights and Inwood's average residential rent had increased by 29.3% between 1990 and 2014.<ref name=stateofthecity>{{cite book|url=https://furmancenter.org/files/sotc/NYUFurmanCenter_SOCin2015_9JUNE2016.pdf|publisher=[[Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy]]|access-date=February 11, 2021|title=State of New York City's Housing and Neighborhoods in 2015|year=2015}}</ref> Furthermore, there have been several businesses faced with drastic rent increases, such as Coogan's, a well known restaurant and bar that managed to renegotiate with its landlord, [[NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital]], following outcry by many locals, including [[Lin-Manuel Miranda]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.coogans.com/about/|title=About Us|access-date=April 18, 2020|publisher=Coogan's}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/12/nyregion/coogans-bar-staying-open.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=February 11, 2021|title=To New Yorkers' Delight, Coogan's Says It Isn't Closing After All|date=January 12, 2018|first=Jim|last=Dwyer}}</ref>

Washington Heights residents face many difficulties with the rental housing market; over a quarter of households pay the majority of their income in rent.<ref name=acsfactfinder2020/> As of 2014, Washington Heights and Inwood have the highest rate of severe crowding in Manhattan.<ref name=stateofthecity/>{{Rp|121}} Washington Heights also has the city's second-highest rate of serious housing code violations and its lowest rental vacancy rate.<ref name=stateofthecity/>{{Rp|174}}

Many have expressed opposition to the neighborhood's gentrification on both commercial and residential fronts. Luis Miranda and Robert Ramirez of the ''[[Manhattan Times]]'' wrote in 2005, "How sad and ironic that many of the same people who fought to save our neighborhoods in the face of thugs and drugs have ultimately been forced to surrender their communities to the almighty dollar."<ref name=CB/>{{Rp|206}} Echoing this sentiment, ''Crossing Broadway'' author Robert W. Snyder said, "The people who saved Washington Heights in the days of crime and crack deserve more for their pains than a stiff rent increase."<ref name=CB/>{{Rp|237}} Fears about displacement in [[Upper Manhattan]] have most recently manifest themselves in the controversy surrounding the 2018 Inwood rezoning plan, which, despite its offers of community benefits and affordable housing, has been accused of accelerating real-estate speculation.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/07/nyregion/inwood-rezoning-nyc-manhattan.html|title=Fighting Over the Future of Inwood, Manhattan's Last Affordable Neighborhood|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=April 19, 2020|date=August 7, 2018|first1=Jeffrey C.|first2=Aaron|last1=Mays|last2=Robertson}}</ref>

In 2018, ground was broken in 2018 on Amsterdam Avenue and 180th Street by developer Youngwoo & Associates for the [[MVRDV]]-designed Radio Tower & Hotel.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://newyorkyimby.com/2020/12/radio-tower-hotel-tops-out-at-2420-amsterdam-avenue-in-washington-heights.html|access-date=March 30, 2021|date=December 2, 2020|first=Sebastian|last=Morris|website=New York YIMBY|title=Radio Tower & Hotel Tops Out At 2420 Amsterdam Avenue In Washington Heights}}</ref> The tower, a 22-story multi-use building with office space, retail space and a 221-room hotel, is the first major mixed-use development to be built in Washington Heights in nearly five decades.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://ny.curbed.com/2018/11/15/18096873/mvrdv-washington-heights-hotel-first-us-project-renderings|title=First look at MVRDV's colorful Washington Heights mixed-use development|access-date=April 16, 2020|first=Tanay|last=Warerkar|date=November 15, 2018|work=[[Curbed]]}}</ref> The hotel opened in July 2022.<ref>{{cite web | last=Rahmanan | first=Anna | title=This colorful new hotel just opened in Washington Heights | website=Time Out New York | date=July 25, 2022 | url=https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/this-colorful-new-hotel-just-opened-in-washington-heights-072522 | access-date=September 28, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Washington Heights gets 1st full-service boutique hotel called 'Radio Hotel' | website=ABC7 New York | date=July 25, 2022 | url=https://abc7ny.com/washington-heights-radio-hotel-boutique-nyc/12072430/ | access-date=September 28, 2022}}</ref>