Economic Development

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Book March 7, 2010 Beat Cop to Top Cop: A Tale of Three Cities Born in a rough-and-tumble neighborhood of Dublin, John F. Timoney moved to New York with his family in 1961. John F. Timoney Rapid Urbanization Anchor Institutions
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Book March 7, 2010 Sound, Space, and the City Civic Performance in Downtown Los Angeles On summer nights on downtown Los Angeles's Bunker Hill, Grand Performances presents free public concerts for the people of the city. Marina Peterson Rapid Urbanization Anchor Institutions
Newsletter October 19, 2009 Penn IUR Newsletter, Fall 2009 Rapid Urbanization Urban Development
Newsletter May 19, 2009 Penn IUR Newsletter, Spring 2009 Rapid Urbanization Urban Development
Research Paper March 17, 2009 Martin Luther King, Jr. Library: Livingston Case Studies In Urban Development (Part 2) Eugénie L. Birch Jonathon Stover Rapid Urbanization Anchor Institutions
Research Paper February 1, 2009 Retooling HUD for a Catalytic Federal Government: A Report to Secretary Shaun Donovan Paul C. Brophy Rachel D. Godsil Rapid Urbanization Anchor Institutions
Newsletter May 19, 2008 Penn IUR Newsletter, Spring 2008 Rapid Urbanization Urban Development
Book March 7, 2008 America's Waterfront Revival Port Authorities and Urban Redevelopment Since the early years of the twentieth century, public authorities have been providing an enormous share of the public infrastructure in the United States. Peter Hendee Brown Urban Development Rapid Urbanization
Newsletter October 19, 2007 Penn IUR Newsletter, Fall 2007 Rapid Urbanization Urban Development
Newsletter May 19, 2007 Penn IUR Newsletter, Spring 2007 Rapid Urbanization Urban Development
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Book March 7, 2007 The University and Urban Revival Out of the Ivory Tower and Into the Streets In the last quarter of the twentieth century, urban colleges and universities found themselves enveloped by poverty, crime, and physical decline. Judith Rodin Anchor Institutions
Newsletter October 19, 2006 Penn IUR Newsletter, Fall 2006 Urban Development Rapid Urbanization
Newsletter May 19, 2006 Penn IUR Newsletter, Spring 2006 Rapid Urbanization Urban Development
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Book March 7, 2006 Blues for New Orleans Mardi Gras and America's Creole Soul As the citizens of New Orleans regroup and put down roots elsewhere, many wonder what will become of one of the nation's most complex creole cultures. Roger Abrahams Anchor Institutions
Newsletter October 19, 2005 Penn IUR Newsletter, Fall 2005 Rapid Urbanization Urban Development
Newsletter May 19, 2005 Penn IUR Newsletter, Spring 2005 Rapid Urbanization Urban Development
Newsletter October 19, 2004 Penn IUR Newsletter, Fall 2004 Rapid Urbanization Urban Development

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