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Learning from Asheville?
Asheville is the largest city in Western North Carolina. After prospering in the early 20th century, downtown went through five decades of stagnation, before things turned around to make the city’s core one of the most vibrant in the Southeast. Can Jacksonville benefit from any of the redevelopment...
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Urban Walkability: Learning from Boston
Founded in 1630, Boston is one of the oldest and most culturally significant cities in the United States. It?s also a role model for being a walkable city. Despite being nearly 200 years older and many times as dense, this city offers many pedestrian friendly ideas and concepts Jacksonville should...
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25 urban districts: What do they all have in common?
These 25 downtown cores are located in metropolitan areas and cities of various sizes. Some are tourist based and liberal, while others are blue collar and conservative in nature. Nevertheless, the path they took to bring their cores back to life is a revitalization strategy leaders in Jacksonville...
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Learning from Augusta, Georgia
Located on the southern bank of the Savannah River, Augusta is Georgia's second-largest city and offers an interesting comparison for Jacksonville, regarding the concepts of urban revitalization.
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Learning from Chicago
The view of the Chicago Skyline from the Adler Planetarium, which is part of Chicago’s museum campus, along with the Field Museum of Natural History, the Shedd Aquarium, and Solider Field, home of the Chicago Bears. To the left of the skyline is the 110-Story Sears Tower, America’s Tallest...
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Learning from Tampa
Tampa’s rise and decline follows a similar pattern to Jacksonville’s. Both cities had a significant population during the early 20th century and are blessed to contain urban districts and architectural treasures that are rare to the Sunbelt. Both have also suffered from urban renewal, ill-advised...
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Learning from Orlando
Orlando is best known for it?s tourist attractions, particularly Walt Disney World, SeaWorld, and Universal Studios. Combined, these along with several smaller attractions pull in an estimated 52 million tourists a year and in the process make Orlando the second largest city in the country for number...
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Rust Belt Finale: Learning from Downtown Cincinnati
Our Rust Belt comparison finale takes us to the Queen City, the nation's 25th largest metropolitan area. It is considered to have been the first major American boomtown, rapidly expanding in the heart of the country in the early nineteenth century to rival the coastal metropolises in size and wealth.
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Rust Belt Special II: Learning from Downtown Detroit
Founded in 1701 by French fur traders, over the years, Detroit has become known as the world's traditional automotive center and an important source of popular-music legacies, celebrated by the city's two familiar nicknames, Motor City and Motown.
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Eastern Market: Creating a successful farmer's market district
On any given Saturday, some 45,000 Detroiters, suburbanites and out-of-staters can be found shopping elbow-to-elbow at Eastern Market, just North of downtown Detroit. The success of this market has not only made it a profitable city owned operation, but one that has become the economic catalyst for...
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