Only seven houses remained on this side of the church. Mrs. Greene’s Toyota was in the drive. Patricia parked and opened her car door and immediately her ears were assaulted by the high-pitched scream of table saws from Gracious Cay, the rumbling of trucks, the earsplitting clatter of bricks and bulldozers. The construction chaos staggered her for a moment and left her unable to think.
Gentrification
