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Originally Posted by zur
You also don't need to gut everything in a city with 80% of it in disrepair (outside of CC)
To me this is a total case of ignoring major issues outside of Center City to gloss up a bullshit area that will see litle use due o it's mostly 9-5 commerical activity and no residential that would use it (as the res. is wealthy)
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These two things are not at odds with each other, and are not mutually exclusive. Improvements to the business district do not come at the expense of the neighborhoods; in the long run, they make the neighborhoods better because a viable downtown economy provides employment, services, and ultimately tax revenue to those neighborhoods. Diverting redevelopment money from Center City to the neighborhoods might be an OK short-term strategy but it's a bad long-term strategy. See Street, John.
Of course, we shouldn't neglect the neighborhoods. They need and deserve investment too. But to cite the neighborhoods as a reason why Dilworth shouldn't be rebuilt seems silly.