Date: June 9th, 2005

Urban revival: cities must lead

9 June, 2005 (09:09) | Uncategorized |

A crisp Boston Globe story touting the possible revitalization of < ?xml:namespace prefix ="" st1 ns ="" "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Revere Beach illustrates many of the key principles to making urban neighborhoods revive:< ?xml:namespace prefix ="" o ns ="" "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
 
After almost 20 years of little or no growth, Revere Beach is undergoing a real estate revival [...]

Urban microcosm: Revere Beach

9 June, 2005 (08:56) | Uncategorized |

Revere, named for Paul of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poetic fame …
 
 
“The condos are coming!  The condos are coming!”
 
… was for a time a day-trip destination,
 

Take the train to the beach!
 
like Brighton and Blackpool in the UK, or Coney Island in New York, its long sloping brown-sand beach attracted travelers out of the teeming urban [...]