The Transformation Of 'Sprawl-Weary' Los Angeles

The second-largest city in the U.S. is transforming itself as it grows inward and upward. Planners praise new anti-sprawl projects inside the city.

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March 11, 2002, 8:00 AM PST

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

"[The] nation's second-biggest city is growing inward, upward, and making a fledgling attempt to free itself from the automobile. Last year, Los Angeles issued more building permits for housing inside the city more than 8,500 units than at any time in at least a decade. Most were for the kind of projects planners praise as the antithesis of sprawl...Throughout the city, parking lots are going down and more densely built apartments and commercial developments are going up."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

FULL STORY: Sprawl-Weary Los Angeles Builds Up and In

Sunday, March 10, 2002 in The New York Times

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