In ten pages this paper discusses how American cities are combating the decay of downtown districts and revitalizing their neighborhoods. Five sources are cited in the bibliography.
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- in block after block of abandoned buildings and broken-down streets. The good news is that many cities are beginning to realize that their decaying urban districts are actually diamonds
in the rough, and ordinances and bond issues are starting to be passed to help spruce up inner cities and urban centers.
There is, however, more to renewing a decaying inner city area than simply hoping that someone will come in and throw a lot of money at projects. Any type of
inner city improvements, once called "urban renewal," relies on agreements between the city and business communities, as well as the willingness of the citys citizens to consider their downtowns a
viable place to live, work and play. This paper will examine what contributed to the decaying of downtowns and inner cities, why suddenly older neighborhoods are beginning to make a
comeback, and how some cities plans have resulted in a regrowth in formerly vacant downtown areas. The suburban flight and resulting sprawl
Once upon a time, downtown districts were the life of any bustling cities. Downtown was where the railroads came; and where businesses were built. As transportation was mainly by horse
and carriage, most of the people lived within walking distance - or at worse, simply a few miles away from their downtown centers. However, as the automobile made longer travel
more possible, people began moving away from downtown centers to get out into the country and away from the clutter and noise of the inner cities. As people migrated outward,
however, creating suburbs and exburbs, buildings in downtown districts were abandoned. Retail outlets, known as malls, sprung up to serve these suburbanites, which meant that few people came into downtown