Los Angeles Renews Urban Core

Developers plan to bring residents back to Los Angeles' downtown.

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November 28, 2001, 5:00 AM PST

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

"For the first time in 50 years, we have a chance to recreate truly urban residential neighborhoods, something that half a century of demolition and rebuilding downtown had all but erased. The challenge for developers and city officials is creating a sense that this downtown might actually be central to something ? though it won't ever be the center of Los Angeles."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

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