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Downtown, Inc. : how America rebuilds cities / Bernard J. Frieden, Lynne B. Sagalyn.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Frieden, Bernard J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Urban renewal--United States.
- Urban renewal.
- United States.
- Central business districts--United States.
- Central business districts.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 382 pages, 39 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [1989]
- Summary:
- This is a progress report on what has happened to our cities in the second half of this century, documenting new directions and more productive strategies for rebuilding downtown. Frieden and Sagalyn take a close look at the retail industry and illustrate how, in cities across the country, maverick developers and enterprising mayors found creative solutions to the problems presented by conservative lenders, political controversy, and shrinking Federal subsidies.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0262061287
- OCLC:
- 20056274
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