Looking To The West

East coast cities are becoming old school as the American West exemplifies new urban patterns.

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May 3, 2004, 8:00 AM PDT

"We may like to visit Boston, New York or Paris, but the reality is that most cities, as they develop, look more and more like Los Angeles, Phoenix or Las Vegas than any idealized, densly packed 18th- or 19th-century burg." Both within the U.S. and abroad, urban patterns established in the cities of the American West are becoming the norm bringing new challenges and requiring new approaches.

Thanks to Janet Boyko

Read the full story: Western cities are new urban model

Sunday, May 2, 2004 in The Arizona Republic

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