In many ways, the death of redevelopment was inevitable. Brown’s decision, backed up by the Supreme Court, was the atomic bomb detonated at the end of a six-decade war of attrition that had been waged on the balance sheets, in the statutes and, several times, in the voting booths of California.
Why cities shouldn’t buy into the convention center economy.
Two generations ago, city economies relied on money from the products they manufactured.Faraway customers purchased Fords, Zeniths, Maytags, and Levi’s, and their cash made its way to the factory foreman and his workers, who would …
Why cities shouldn’t buy into the convention center economy.
Review of The Endless City