Real Estate/Development
Sep. 16, 2009
An Unlearned Lesson
As practiced today, the taking of privately owned land to revitalize cities remains an unlearned lesson, writes Gideon Kanner.
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By Gideon Kanner Urban redevelopment in America has had a long and inglorious history. Though its origins go back to the 1930s, it began on a large scale after Berman v. Parker, 348 U.S. 26 (1954), where in order to clear slums, the Supreme Court allowed privately owned land to be taken by eminent domain from its rightful owners, razed to the ground, and then turned over gratis or for a nominal consideration to developers who, so...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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