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Place and Environment

1982

Capital city; community interests; community investment; downtown improvement; downtown revitalization; urban development

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Porter And Rouse--Believers In Cities And Opportunities, Chester Smolski Jul 1982

Porter And Rouse--Believers In Cities And Opportunities, Chester Smolski

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"His name may not be familiar, but it should be. He helped to originate and implement the Marshall Plan, this nation's effort to help European recovery in the post-war years. Throughout his long and distinguished career he touched many bases as editor and publisher of a trade newspaper, U.S.diplomat in several European cities and successful businessman and president of his own firm. Upon retirement several years ago, he developed an interest in cities, wrote a book about them, and four years ago at an age when many have packed it in, became director of the Urban Recovery Project at the …