The 'Real Backbone' Of Cities

How do cities work? Neal Peirce looks at how cities are adopting a "neighborhoods approach."

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March 26, 2002, 7:00 AM PST

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

"The Back Streets program is a logical extension of his widely heralded Main Streets program--a steady stream of technical assistance and loan funds for the commercial centers of working class neighborhoods. Housing alone can't and won't improve challenged neighborhoods...Back Street businesses and Main Street stores in modest neighborhoods are critical starting points for new Americans who lack either the means or wheels to populate today's far-flung suburbia."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

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