Buying into downtown revival: The centrality of retail to postwar urban renewal in American cities

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 611, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 82-95

  Cohen, Lizabeth ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boston; Department stores; Downtown; Edward J. Logue; New Haven; Retail; Urban renewal

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247628886     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716206298744     Document Type: Article

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