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Quick Hits-Prisoners, Pedestrians and Newspapers

  • "By the 1950s, all over North America, pedestrians had been effectively pushed off the streets, which were now dedicated to the free flow of automobiles." How about mixed-use streets for cars and pedestrians?
  • Economist David Warsh looks at the price of paper and casts doubt on the idea of economies of scale for newspapers.
  • Urbanist Neal Pirece on recidivism and the big pay off.
  • "Everywhere else is Cleveland"—The Next American City looks at the cultural costs of hyper-gentrification.

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