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Will Rescue Plan Simply Serve Sprawl?

Katz, P. (2008), Citiwire.net
In 1993 I was attracted to (and helped represent) the rebellious group of architects and town planners called “New Urbanists.” We wanted a return to the kind of compact, walkable neighborhoods where many of our parents grew up. Such places, built mostly prior to the Great Depression of the 1930s, featured main streets and town squares, corner stores and small schools easily accessed by neighborhood children on foot or bicycle.
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