From Architectural Record:
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New Life For the American City
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Today one-third of the U.S. population lives in central cities, the highest proportion since 1950. How are urban centers responding to growth, and how do they find imaginative ways for creating vital places to live and work? We investigate three metropolitan areas in the process of reinventing themselves Oklahoma City, Pittsburgh (Forbes Avenue is shown here), and Cleveland and examine how they are changing, through public initiatives, architecture, and urban design. In these cities, long-term investment, rather than opportunistic development, is the key to building a promising future.
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Pittsburgh The former steel city embraces green design and its rivers. Image © Jason Varney |
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Cleveland The metropolis of the Western Reserve reclaims its urbanity. Photo © Roger Mastroianni |
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Oklahoma City Fueled by public initiatives and energy dollars, a plains city calls on design to improve quality of life. Photo © Thomas Tucker |
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Building Types Study: Civic Spaces Four new public projects serve the city around them. Pictured: Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park; Photo © Stephen Amiaga |
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Rebuilding Detroit Piece by Piece Experts and residents rally in an ambitious plan to save a struggling city. Photo © Dave Jordano
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Editorial: American Cities: The Next Chapter Reinventing the urban realm for the 21st century. Photo © Michel Arnaud
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