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Midweek Video: In Search of Effective Pedestrian Malls for U.S. Downtowns

Stephen Fesler - November 13, 2019

In the 1960s and 1970s, pedestrian malls were seen as a way to save struggling shopping districts in cities across America during the rise of suburban sprawl. But many eventually got a bad wrap and closed in the following decades. Why was that? Which ones remain? And what is the secret sauce for success?