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is successful if it concentrates tremendous numbers of people representing significant diversity.

Everyone is aware that tremendous numbers of people concentrate in city downtowns and that, if they did not, there would be no downtown to amount to anything-- certainly not one with much downtown diversity. Jane Jacobs

is an anchor and a radiator. Literally everything radiates from there. And if we have a rotten center, then we have a rotting city.

Downtown is an anchor and a radiator. Literally everything radiates from here. And if we have a rotten center, then we have a rotting city. The Los Angeles Times, October31, 1977

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