Shaping The City: Learning From Boston

Boston has been working at revitalization for 40 years; is a good example of how cities can be rebuilt.

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June 8, 2001, 8:00 AM PDT

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

"Boston has spent nearly 40 years steadily rebuilding itself...Boston demonstrates how much a city can change when its residents commit to change and when the changes contemplated are ambitious...The city is dramatically different from the place I first saw as a college student four decades ago."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

FULL STORY: Washington Can Learn Lessons From Boston's Revitalization Projects

Friday, June 1, 2001 in The Washington Post

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