GREAT CITIES DO NOT HAPPEN OVERNIGHT
CREATING
PLACE AND PROSPERITY REQUIRES PATIENCE
Great cities do not happen overnight.
Paris once barely extended beyond an island in the Seine.
Skyscraper delirious New York was developing so slowly that city leaders
couldn’t fathom much more than farms and country estates north of lower
Manhattan.
Just as great places evolve slowly, it takes time to restitch the fabric of a neighborhood or corridor.
Whether the area lost its way or
never quite had an identity and purpose, creating place and prosperity requires
patience.
The bad news is that mayors, commissioners, council members and other elected officials often want magic bullet, quick fixes that are impossible to execute.
The good news is even if an old neighborhood is hamstrung with
abandoned buildings, vacant lots, lost jobs, substandard housing and widespread
poverty, it very likely still has the DNA to rebuild around.
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