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Relearning old lessons: Urban economics, agglomeration economies, and adaptive reuse of "a large stock of old buildings"

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Part 1: Conceptualising Cultural Quarters is discussed in my original "Arts, culture districts and revitalization" entry in 2009, but updated a bunch of times. Characteristics of cultural quarters From Montgomery (2003). Small-firm economic development in the cultural sectors. Arts and media training and education.

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Revisiting the 11th Street Bridge Park project as an opportunity rather than a folly: a new revitalization agenda for East of the River, DC

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Maybe the National Park Service Urban Agenda: A call to action initiative (2015) can help facilitate this, but I am not holding my breath. Related to either the NRA or an NHA/state heritage area would be a River Towns/Trail Towns initiative along the River, leveraging the economic development opportunities presented by tourism.