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The Impact Of Public Investment On Urban Revitalization: A Case Study On The Redevelopment Of Downtown Norfolk, Virginia 1935-1985, Marvin W. Lee
The Impact Of Public Investment On Urban Revitalization: A Case Study On The Redevelopment Of Downtown Norfolk, Virginia 1935-1985, Marvin W. Lee
Theses and Dissertations in Urban Studies
This study focuses on downtown revitalization. It examines the effect of public investment in Downtown Norfolk in relation to various theories that have been developed to explain the growth of the central cores of cities.
A chronology is presented of the events that marked the beginning and the first fifty years of redevelopment in Downtown Norfolk, Virginia. Through reliance on newspaper articles, interviews and other documented sources, a record is provided that attempts to give deeper insight into the struggle that transformed slums and blight in downtown to a revitalized center of social and economic activity. This historical review allows …