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Article: Shaping a more appealing city: the chief of the Center City District is holding a series of public forums to gather ideas about making Philadelphia walkable, workable, livable.
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- The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA)
- Article date:
- April 17, 2006
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Byline: Henry J. Holcomb
Apr. 17--With downtowns across America making a comeback, "it is time to think big again." That's the pitch being made this spring by Paul Levy, chief executive officer of the Center City District, the municipal-services and economic-development agency. With a series of public forums, including one last week, the district is busy planting seeds. It hopes some will grow into bold ideas that the Brookings Institution's Christopher B. Leinberger told the audience could turn Center City "into the Paris of the United States." For now, Levy is just trying to "bounce ideas off a cross-section of people to receive guidance before spending ...
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