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Revitalizing Urban Main Streets: Hyde/Jackson Square & Roslindale Square, Boston

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States11.439
Free, no sign-up neededSpring 2009English
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This course focuses on the physical and economic renewal of urban neighborhood Main Streets by combining classroom work with an applied class project. The course content covers four broad areas: an overview of the causes for urban business district decline, the challenges faced in revitalization and the type of revitalization strategies employed; the physical and economic development planning tools used to understand and assess urban Main Streets from physical design and economic development…

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