Learning From Paris, France

Neal Peirce writes about the Paris' "great green secret."

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June 4, 2002, 7:00 AM PDT

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

"We're living in an ever-more-crowded world--the population of the United States alone is set to soar by 60 million by 2025. How do we learn to eschew sprawl, to share scarce space--and like the result?... Can Parisian urbanity speak to America--to our pioneer, open-space loving souls? It's not an easy fit. Though providentially, the United States does have a new initiative called Community Greens: Shared Parks in Urban Blocks."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

FULL STORY: Parisian Green: A Hint For Us

Monday, June 3, 2002 in The Washington Post

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