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Denver Votes To Reinvent Itself

Posted by: Zvi Leve
Thanks to: Zvi Leve
12 November 2004 - 10:00am

Denver residents have approved an ambitious plan to become a rail-oriented city.

Like many other American cities, Denver Colorado has recently been undergoing a wave of rapid growth which has brought urban sprawl and traffic congestion along with new residents. But the new residents came to Denver in search of a certain quality of life, and they have their own ideas about how to create a 'livable' city. The proposal recently approved by Denver voters is unique in that the city will "grow up all at once with a comprehensive vision of how the parts fit together."

Full Story: Newcomers Reinvent Denver With an Unlikely Idea: Trains
Source: The New York Times, November 11, 2004
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