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Looking To The West

Posted by: Janet Boyko
Thanks to: Janet Boyko
3 May 2004 - 8:00am

East coast cities are becoming old school as the American West exemplifies new urban patterns.

"We may like to visit Boston, New York or Paris, but the reality is that most cities, as they develop, look more and more like Los Angeles, Phoenix or Las Vegas than any idealized, densly packed 18th- or 19th-century burg." Both within the U.S. and abroad, urban patterns established in the cities of the American West are becoming the norm bringing new challenges and requiring new approaches.

Full Story: Western cities are new urban model
Source: The Arizona Republic, May 2, 2004
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