They are stardust. They are golden. But are they right about “shrinking cities”?

July 2, 2009

Posted by Kaid Benfield in Environmental Justice , Living Sustainably

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community, detroit, historicpreservation, landbanks, neighborhood, recession, revitalization, rustbelt, shrinkingcities, smartercities, smartgrowth, sprawl, vacantproperties

Warning: this is a long one. Readers of a certain age will remember Joni's Mitchell's iconic anthem "Woodstock," celebrating the famous 1969 music festival (which, incidentally, she did not attend, but I digress).  The song became a monster hit for...continued→

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