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Category Archives: Downtowns

January 16, 2017

A Big Step for Little Eastport

Collaborations, Community Redevelopment, Downtowns, Eastport ME, Economic Life

A Big Step for Little Eastport

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by James Fallows

This past week Eastport got a much-needed dose of very good news — the announcement of an $18-million undertaking to renovate the most imposing structure in the city’s downtown. (Read it here.)

September 26, 2016

Old City, Old Buildings, New Life

Arts, Downtowns, Erie PA, Local Institutions, Revitalization

Old City, Old Buildings, New Life

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by Deborah Fallows

An art museum with a long history reinvents itself with passion and an entrepreneurial spirit.  (Read it here.)

May 15, 2015

The Battle for Downtown, From Canada to the Carolinas

Civic Life, Downtowns, Fresno CA • Tags: Downtowns

The Battle for Downtown, From Canada to the Carolinas

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“It is strange, but true.” What one reader says about Raleigh, North Carolina, applies many other places as well.  (Read it here.)

May 13, 2015

An Incredible Time-Capsule View of One Downtown’s Development

Downtowns, Fresno CA • Tags: Downtowns, Fresno CA

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by James Fallows
Can tearing up a noted artistic zone be a path to civic success? City leaders say yes, while some of their citizens say no.  (Read it here.)

May 8, 2015

Cars, Pedestrians, and the Struggle for the Future of Downtowns

Downtowns, Fresno CA, From the Readers • Tags: Downtowns, Fresno CA, Redevelopment

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by James Fallows
Plus: how much is any discussion of “downtown” a coded talk about race?  (Read it here.)

May 5, 2015

Fresno to South Bend to Louisville: The Elusive Elements of Civic Success

Civic Life, Community Redevelopment, Downtowns, Economic Life, Fresno CA, From the Readers • Tags: Fresno CA, Louisville KY, South Bend IN

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by James Fallows
More cities, more assessments of what works, and why  Read it here.

May 4, 2015

Can Cars Save Downtown?

Allentown PA, Downtowns, Fresno CA • Tags: Downtowns, revitalization

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by James Fallows
Fresno, California prepares to rip up its landmark pedestrian mall and replace it with a street.  (Read it here.)

April 24, 2015

Asheville Just ‘Happened’ to Develop a Nice Downtown—or Did It?

Downtowns, From the Readers • Tags: Asheville NC, Downtowns

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by James Fallows
In the immortal words from Liberty Valance, “when the legend becomes fact, print the legend.” Herewith the legend and reality of Asheville.  (Read it here.)

April 22, 2015

Equal Time for Tampa, and More on Asheville Too

Downtowns, From the Readers • Tags: Asheville NC, Downtowns, Tampa FL

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by James Fallows
Catching up with changes in major cities, and in the Atlantic’s own web site  (Read it here.)

April 21, 2015

More on Nice Downtowns: Do They Just Happen? Or Are They Made?

Downtowns, From the Readers • Tags: Anaheim CA, Asheville NC, Fullerton CA, Shanghai, Tampa FL

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by James Fallows
Tampa has kept trying to revive its downtown, and has kept failing. Asheville has been wildly successful—but was it even trying at all? (Read it here.)

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