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Instead of bashing preservation, we should restrict it to its proper domain. Design review boards, staffed by professionals trained in aesthetics and urban issues and able to influence planning and preservation decisions, should become an integral part of the urban development process. At the same time, city planning offices must be returned to their former, powerful role in urban policy.
The Wall Street Journal interviews Gabriel Metcalf, Executive Director of SPUR.
Communities that promote walking tend to be green in other ways, too.
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