Westlake Experiment: New Downtown Vs. Original Downtown

What happens to the original downtown after a Cleveland developer builds a New Urbanism-inspired suburban downtown?

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May 25, 2004, 8:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"So what happens when a local developer builds a new downtown from scratch in the bland ooze of suburbia? Will it make it harder for the region's original downtown in Cleveland to survive?...It's the most extensive example in Northeast Ohio of New Urbanism, an au courant style of planning that, despite its name, is aimed at reviving the traditional arts of city-making."

Thanks to Scott Muscatello

FULL STORY: Developer's Westlake experiment to create a suburban downtown raises hard questions for Cleveland

Sunday, May 23, 2004 in The Cleveland Plain Dealer

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