Gentrification - and the cultural and human displacement that comes with it - is the topic of a new play running this month at Public Theater in New York. In TAKING OVER, playwright and actor, Danny Hoch gives voice to many players in a community in transition.

What's the difference between the kind of gentrification taking place today and that of a century ago? Hoch says that today a kind of cultural erasure is taking place and that ethnic communities are being displaced. But trying to find a quick solution to gentrification is like trying to find a quick solution to colonialism. The answer: there isn't a solution and that's the problem. Taking Over is running through December 14th at The Public.