The UK's most popular newspaper features a series of fascinating articles about urban regeneration with plenty of lessons for American cities.
"Vibrant urban areas are the key to solving economic and social problems. But first autonomy has to shift from the centre to enable local authorities to harness appropriate growth policies... [W]hat is required is a paradigm shift. Instead of thinking in terms of 'urban regeneration' we need to reconceptualise the entire argument. We need to think not of the depressing notion of 'urban' but rather the celebratory idea of the city - and to make re-energising our cities part of the ongoing revitalisation of all dimensions of British civilisation." For a list of all articles in the urban regeneration series, scroll to the bottom of this first article.
Thanks to Linda LaSut
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