Bold Vision Is Needed For Succesful Public Spaces

The Boston Globe editorializes on what is needed for successful planning in Boston, using San Francisco as an example.

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April 29, 2002, 5:00 AM PDT

"To make such spaces attractive to all San Franciscans, Mayor Brown says, ''you need to put the neighborhoods behind the projects.'' This means scores of meetings. The Embarcadero project was defeated twice in public referendums before moving forward.This may be the most important suggestion for the Central Artery: Including all of Boston's neighborhoods in the planning and programming will give it a chance of becoming the common ground so heartily desired."

Thanks to Laura Kranz

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