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Are New Urbanists Elitist?

Posted by: Chris Steins
Thanks to: Chris Steins
17 May 2004 - 11:00am

Do new urbanists need to rethink their attitude toward chain stores and big-box retailers, including Wal-Mart?

"New urbanists need to rethink their attitude toward chain stores and big-box retailers, including Wal-Mart, retail consultant and planner Robert Gibbs charged during a sometimes feisty CNU Council in late February in San Diego. Gibbs, the most prominent retail adviser serving developers of new urban communities, argued that new urbanists have become elitist and unrealistic about what kinds of stores to invite into their town centers." [Editor's note: Only part of this article is available online.]

Full Story: Big box debate: are new urbanists elitist?
Source: New Urban News, May 16, 2004
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