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Albuquerque's New Urbanist Hot-Spot-To-Be

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan
Thanks to: Ken Hughes
10 March 2005 - 2:00pm

Albuquerque's EDO, or East Downtown, a New Urbanist redevelopment, could be one the nation's upcoming hot areas.

"Plans call for it to become an 'urban village' -- a pedestrian-friendly area with wider sidewalks, on-street parking and main street designs that create slower traffic. Albuquerque joined Downtown Detroit; Del Ray, Va.; Coeur d'Alene, Idaho; and the Red Hook section of Brooklyn as the top five "areas in the United States we feel have the greatest potential upswing in real estate values," said Barbara Corcoran, a real estate consulting firm.

Full Story: City's coming hot spot: EDO
Source: The Albuquerque Tribune, March 5, 2005
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The areas where we have severe blight and indications of more blight to come are basically the same as they ever were. How in the world are we ever going to move our community development selves into an alternative future that thinks differently about the challenges we face in our cities and low-income suburban and rural communities?
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