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Capital One Arena, Wizards and Capitals may move to Alexandria | Why not the RFK campus?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

October 24, 2002. From the WBJ : “I think that Chinatown will be fine even if the Verizon Center is moved,” said Ed McMahon, a senior resident fellow with the Urban Land Institute. Because downtown D.C. has come back to life. Giants fans leave the MUNI headed for the park. Mike Kepka/San Francisco Chronicle Streetcar expansion too.

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Community building versus economic development

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Cities cost money to operate. Cities have to earn money to pay for all the things that people say they want. An art gallery type building won't have near the economic return as a sports arena, provided it is super well planned. Transit and economic development.

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The unintended consequences of converting office buildings to housing: the need for public safety; schools; amenities

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

It had been happening for decades (" Having a Longer View on Downtown Living ," Eugenie Birch, University of Pennsylvania, 2002; Get Urban!: Unkempt areas aren't places where people want to live (" Updating the post The "soft side" of commercial district revitalization ," 2006/2016). People don't want to live in fear. cleanliness.