Christopher Leinberger Explains Why Washington, DC, is a Model for Walkable Redevelopment
The walkable Hill Valley of 1955 compared to the blighted Hill Valley of 1985. Photo Credit: Universal Studios You can learn a lot about development in the United States, argues Brookings Fellow Christopher Leinberger , by watching Back to the Future . By comparing Hill Valley, the fictional town that serves as the film’s setting, as it appears in 1985—a blighted and abandoned downtown ringed by highways, parking lots, and malls—to the vibrant, walkable, town it was in 1955, the two options for development become clear. After … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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