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 Stories About: Oregon AND placemaking AND Portland AND urban planning
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Portland: Cool after all
New report debunks libertarian attack on Portland city planning |
David Roberts |
24 Sep 2007 |
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| A while back, a guy named Randal O'Toole at the libertarian Cato Institute put out a report "debunking" Portland, Ore.'s efforts to encourage dense, transit-oriented development. As Portland is at the forefront of such efforts, the report was taken as a debunking of New Urbanism in general and got lots and lots of press. The Congress for the New Urbanism asked urbanist expert Michael Lewyn to take a look at the report. Not surprisingly, it doesn't hold up ... |
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| Topics: Oregon, placemaking, Portland, urban planning (all these topics) |
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