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downtown revitalization  

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  • Public efforts to remake downtowns long predated their decline. By the turn of the twentieth century, high-rise central business districts surrounded by low-rise residential neighborhoods were a distinctive feature of American cities, unlike European cities that typically intermingled commerce and housing. [Source: Encyclopedia of Urban Studies; Downtown Revitalization]

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