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Jane Jacobs/Robert Moses/Stimulus Bill
Check out these interesting posts over at ThinkMarkets about the possible effects of the stimulus bill’s infrastructure spending on neighborhoods and local social economies. I thought the references to Jane Jacobs were particularly timely given our little whirlwind tour through her The Death and Life of Great American Cities last week: Infrastructure: How the Seen Crowds … Continue reading
Not (Completely) Buying the Coast Buyouts
Three-and-a-half years after Hurricane Katrina, the Corps of Engineers has finally come up with a buyout plan for the Mississippi Gulf Coast to reduce property damage from future hurricanes. (See the Sun-Herald report of the last public meeting and a good commentary in today’s Clarion-Ledger analyzing the plan.) The original plan, introduced in 2007, was to buy up … Continue reading
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