Two of the most celebrated black neighborhoods in the United States—Harlem in New York City and Bronzeville in Chicago—were once plagued by crime, drugs, an
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Why have so many central and inner cities in Europe, North America and Australia been so radically revamped in the last three decades, converting urban decay in
Winner of the Bancroft Prize In twenty-first-century America, some cities are flourishing and others are struggling, but they all must contend with deterioratin
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