The Next American City, July 1st, 2007
ANCHOR INSTITUTIONS ARE THE BEHIND-THE-SCENES GIANTS THAT ATTRACT PEOPLE TO CITIES In the following series of stories, TNAC examines the complex and controversial role of urban anchor institutionslarge corporations in Baltimore; stadiums in Miami and San Diego; and a state university in Arizona. Introduction by EUGENIE L. BIRCH For the past ten years, the media has been heralding the comeback of American cities. First in the rise of downtown housing in New York, Chicago, Atlanta, San Francisco, and others, where singles and childless couples have flocked. Next, it trumpeted two massive, priv...
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