Decaying Cities Turn To Bilbao Model

7 August 2004 - 11:00am

Dozens of cities across America are vying to become 'the next Bilbao' in order to revitalize their shattered economies.

All over America, millions of dollars are being raised to build work-class museums with well-known architects in the hopes of creating the same dynamic interest that turned the decaying industrial city of Bilbao into a popular destination. While Seattle's new Central Library could be considered an attempt at this sort of development, most new buildings are being constructed in the Rust Belt of the Midwest. From Milwaukee's soaring art center to Fort Worth's minimalist museum, cities are betting it all on cultural facilities.

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Source: CNNMoney, August 6, 2004
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For the past half century we have been building communities for the wrong reasons. We built them to sell cars. This created all sorts of problems.