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  • August 2008

    • Middle Class America Moves Downtown

      New Republic  |  Aug 3, 08 3:56 PM CDT

      Middle Class America Moves Downtown

      (Newser) - Middle class Americans are moving back downtown, pushing out minority groups and reversing the 20th century trend of "white flight," Alan Ehrenhalt writes in the New Republic . Why the shift? Downtown areas are safer, industries have moved out, and rising fuel prices make suburban commutes less attractive. "Our own cities have been changing right in front of us," Ehrenhalt writes. More »

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      Chicago  • demographics  • cities  • urban revitalization  • urbanization

  • July 2008

    • Rat's Nest of Urban Politics Behind Philly's 'Big Stall'

      Philadelphia Inquirer  |  Jul 17, 08 3:50 PM CDT

      Rat's Nest of Urban Politics Behind Philly's 'Big Stall'

      (Newser) - Lamenting the lack of progress in another urban redevelopment project, Karen Heller takes aim at the Pennsylvania Convention Center expansion in the Philadelphia Inquirer . The Center expansion has been in the works since 1993, spurring numerous building demolitions, but few new constructions: in short, North Broad Street, advertised as a coming “avenue of the arts” is closer to “the Boulevard of Parking.” More »

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      Pennsylvania  • Philadelphia  • budget  • Ed Rendell  • real estate development  • urban revitalization  • urban development

    • Motown Crops Spring From Decay

      BBC  |  Jul 10, 08 2:00 PM CDT

      Motown Crops Spring From Decay

      (Newser) - An ambitious charity thinks it can turn Detroit’s most desolate neighborhoods into bustling farming utopias. The group, dubbed Urban Farming, grows vegetables on vacant land throughout the city, then gives them out for free to local residents, the BBC reports. Parts of Motor City have been transformed by its efforts, and now it’s branching out across the US. More »

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      Detroit  • charity  • farming  • gardening  • urban revitalization  • urban development

  • December 2007

    • Nazi Architect's Son Has His Own Designs

      Der Spiegel  |  Dec 22, 07 6:14 AM CST

      Nazi Architect's Son Has His Own Designs

      (Newser) - It’s hard to make a name for yourself when you share a name with your father, harder when the father was a famous Nazi architect and friend of Hitler. Urban planner Albert Speer constantly battles the association, keeping a low profile, and, though he has made his mark worldwide, avoiding Berlin. Now, he has his sights on bringing the 2018 Winter Olympics to Munich. More »

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      Germany  • Nazi  • Olympic Games  • architecture  • Adolf Hitler  • urban revitalization  • Munich  • Albert Speer

  • September 2007

    • Downtown LA Finally 'Happens'

      Washington Post  |  Sep 30, 07 3:08 PM CDT

      Downtown LA Finally 'Happens'

      (Newser) - The clutter of buildings known as "downtown LA" is morphing from a nightly ghost town into a hip 'hood, the Washington Post reports. Recent laws have turned offices into lofts, and attracted hipsters to enjoy the high ceilings and roof parties. Artists are hightailing out as six-figure professionals come looking for what one expert calls "the flip side of the suburbs." More »

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      Los Angeles  • urban revitalization  • yuppies

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