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I worked on this 16 years ago. "Metro seeks development partner for Brookland-CUA Metro station"

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

According to the Washington Business Journal (" Metro seeks development partner for Brookland-CUA Metro station "), WMATA is looking for proposals to redevelop two acres it has on the east side of the Brookland Metro Station. This was subject of a small area land use planning process back when I was a commercial district revitalization manager in Brookland.

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Capital shallowing: the effect of disinvestment on government functioning

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Is a term that I am sad to say that I haven't come across. (Although I have seen the term "capital deepening" applied to the increased income of neighborhoods as demographics change and the neighborhood becomes more attractive at the scale of the metropolitan residential landscape.) It has so much explanatory power. It's used in a Financial Times article about the National Health Service in Britain, how with decreased funding and investment, the amount of capital to support each worker, and each