At the turn of the 19th century, Rotterdam began expanding towards the South, building new harbors alongside housing for the growing population of harbor workers. Today, these neighbourhoods are undergoing large-scale urban renewal, reflecting the city’s ambitions while grappling with the complexities of gentrification. Some of the districts in Rotterdam-South have become known for their socioeconomic challenges such as low average incomes, a high percentage of single parent households and the poor state of buildings. In some places, gentle urban renewal is taking place. In the neighbourhood Tweebosbuurt, on the other hand, 535 dwellings have been razed to the ground, creating a huge tabula rasa for new houses. They will border on Parkstad, a new development on the grounds of a former railway yard.