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H Street NE nightlife district, failing?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

You can never stop (" MAIN STREET NICHES IN A MASS SALES WORLD ," Neil Peirce, 2004). And probably the death of Joe Englert, the impresario who helped develop many of the early establishments on the corridor, many with particularly interesting and creative business models, hasn't helped.

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Proposal to build new basketball arena in Downtown Philadelphia

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

That's the point behind this blog entry: -- " Framework of characteristics that support successful community development in association with the development of professional sports facilities " which is aimed at identifying the characteristics that make for an arena that is more successful for the local community.

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Faced with Housing Shortages, Policymakers Test New Reforms To Increase Production

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

The authors argue that California’s Department of Housing and Community Development should pay closer attention to data collection and enforcement of the regulation to make sure municipalities are following state law. They found that areas with high concentrations of homeowners associations were less likely to approve ADUs.

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