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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

But close encounters during the rest of the week were a selling point in the successful campaign to lure the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, a new federal research agency known as ARPA-H, to Cambridge, said O’Connell, the MassBio CEO. Characteristics of cultural quarters From Montgomery (2003).

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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

But the district is well organized, and successfully campaigned for a more directly accessible transit station as part of a new line being developed to serve their area. Also see " Leimert Theater: Envisioning a Neighborhood Landmark ," KCET. Also see " Leimert Park plays to its own beat ," USC, and " Leimert Park: where does it go from here?

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Social Media for Social Good: What role does social media play in creation of and sustainability of social movements? A Social Movement Case Study Examining Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party.

Public Policy Blog

It doesn’t take long before thousands of Facebook users join these pages (Fieser, 2009). Not surprisingly, there is growing scholarly interest in the mediation of activism and political campaigning. In the past there was nowhere for this kind of sentiment to go. Now it collects, solidifies and expresses itself online.