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  • 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

  • April 2008

    • Johnson Brings Magic to Urban Development

      Los Angeles Times  |  Apr 16, 08 2:29 PM CDT

      Johnson Brings Magic to Urban Development

      (Newser) - Amid the subprime and recession chaos sits a gleaming urban development fund that has banked $1 billion with basketball legend Magic Johnson at the helm. The Canyon-Johnson Urban Fund has already completed major projects in Hollywood and Chicago, reports the LA Times , and, Johnson says, "The potential for revitalization in ethnically diverse communities is nearly limitless." More »

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      Magic Johnson  • urban development

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