The Difference Between A Real And Pretend Downtown
8 August 2001 - 9:00am
San Jose's downtown development needs courage to go beyond tired formulas and cliches.
"[L]ively, colorful retail centers... work commercially for a time because they look flashy. But it is not a long-range urban strategy.To succeed in the long run, San Jose's downtown must have the daring to go beyond these accepted formulas... San Jose deserves more than cliches for its downtown.
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Rethinking old formulas for downtown S.J.
Source:
San Jose Mercury News, August 7, 2001
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