Northern Liberties is changing fast—likely faster than it's changed in two hundred years. The rising property values that have spurred new development and growth also have shrunk the great artists' colony. And the market forces that are finally bringing in new businesses and services are just as surely gentrifying the neighborhood. The Eastern European churches are here to stay, as is Liberty Lands park and, apparently, the log cabin. But the horse stables and the amphibious tourist bus depot are on their way out, and the porno distributor is gone—not to mention many seniors and long-term renters. No one knows how far it'll go, if the future will look like the next chapter in the nutty novel that is Northern Liberties, or if we'll be closing the book on something essential.