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Beyond Preservation: Using Public History to Revitalize Inner Cities

Beyond Preservation: Using Public History to Revitalize Inner Cities

Paperback

Series: Urban Life, Landscape and Policy

General ArchitectureGeneral SociologyUnited States Politics

Publisher Price: $33.95

ISBN10: 1439902291
ISBN13: 9781439902295
Publisher: Temple University Press
Published: May 28 2010
Pages: 248
Weight: 0.75
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

Across the United States, historic preservation has become a catalyst for urban regeneration. Entrepreneurs, urban pioneers, and veteran city dwellers have refurbished thousands of dilapidated properties and put them to productive use as shops, restaurants, nightclubs, museums, and private residences. As a result, inner-cities, once disparaged as zones of poverty, crime, and decay have been re-branded as historic districts. Although these preservation initiatives, often supported by government tax incentives and rigid architectural controls, deserve credit for bringing people back to the city, raising property values, and generating tourist revenue, they have been less successful in creating stable and harmonious communities.

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