New Town In-Town - Revision history

Phil at 02:15, 15 September 2008

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Phil at 02:15, 15 September 2008

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Phil: New Town in Town moved to New Town In-Town

2008-09-15T01:46:15Z

New Town in Town moved to New Town In-Town

Phil at 01:46, 15 September 2008

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Phil at 01:45, 15 September 2008

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Phil at 10:21, 27 August 2008

2008-08-27T10:21:39Z

Phil: New page: '''New Town in Town''' was a study conducted in 1974-1975 by Bob Joblin of Little Rock Unlimited Progress which determined that demolition of businesses and displacement of people ...

2008-08-27T10:21:16Z

New page: '''New Town in Town''' was a study conducted in 1974-1975 by Bob Joblin of Little Rock Unlimited Progress which determined that demolition of businesses and displacement of people ...

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'''New Town in Town''' was a study conducted in 1974-1975 by [[Bob Joblin]] of [[Little Rock Unlimited Progress]] which determined that demolition of businesses and displacement of people during the 1960s [[Central Little Rock Urban Renewal Project]] had in some ways harmed the "character" of downtown Little Rock.

Noted Joblin, "We basically had the idea at first of going in with bulldozers and knocking everything down and building a lot of new apartments with restaurants and shops, tennis courts, and swimming pools." Many of the projects had ended in failure in Little Rock and elsewhere in the country. Many vacant lots created in the 1960s remained unfilled.

The New Town in Town study concluded that an "Old Town" bounded by Main Street, [[Interstate 30]], the [[Arkansas River]], and Seventeenth Street should be protected from further demolition activity, and the moderate-income resident populations encouraged to remain in the area by providing regular foot patrols by police officers. Urban residential rehabilitation was recommended over blight removal, as was the reintroduction of life to the downtown district in the evenings and on weekends.

==References==

*Bob Stover, "Keep 'Character' of Downtown LR, Study Proposes," ''Arkansas Gazette,'' July 3, 1975.

==External links==

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	The New Town in Town study concluded that an "Old Town" bounded by Main Street, [[Interstate-30]], the [[Arkansas River]], and Seventeenth Street should be protected from further demolition activity, and the moderate-income resident populations encouraged to remain in the area by providing regular foot patrols by police officers. Urban residential rehabilitation was recommended over blight removal, as was the reintroduction of life to the downtown district in the evenings and on weekends.		The New Town in Town study concluded that an "Old Town" bounded by Main Street, [[Interstate-30]], the [[Arkansas River]], and Seventeenth Street should be protected from further demolition activity, and the moderate-income resident populations encouraged to remain in the area by providing regular foot patrols by police officers. Urban residential rehabilitation was recommended over blight removal, as was the reintroduction of life to the downtown district in the evenings and on weekends.
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		+	Rehabilitation efforts were bolstered by changes in the 1981 federal tax laws which permitted investment credits for historic renovation.

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−	'''New Town in Town''' was a study conducted in 1974-1975 by [[Bob Joblin]] of [[Little Rock Unlimited Progress]] which determined that demolition of businesses and displacement of people during the 1960s [[Central Little Rock Urban Renewal Project]] had in some ways harmed the "character" of downtown Little Rock.	+	'''New Town In-Town''' was a study conducted in 1974-1975 by [[Bob Joblin]] of [[Little Rock Unlimited Progress]] which determined that demolition of businesses and displacement of people during the 1960s [[Central Little Rock Urban Renewal Project]] had in some ways harmed the "character" of downtown Little Rock.

	Noted Joblin, "We basically had the idea at first of going in with bulldozers and knocking everything down and building a lot of new apartments with restaurants and shops, tennis courts, and swimming pools." Many of the projects had ended in failure in Little Rock and elsewhere in the country. Many vacant lots created in the 1960s remained unfilled.		Noted Joblin, "We basically had the idea at first of going in with bulldozers and knocking everything down and building a lot of new apartments with restaurants and shops, tennis courts, and swimming pools." Many of the projects had ended in failure in Little Rock and elsewhere in the country. Many vacant lots created in the 1960s remained unfilled.

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 ==References==
 *Little Rock Unlimited Progress, ''Little Rock New Town In-Town: A Downtown Residential Feasibility Study'' (Technical Assistant Project, Economic Development Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1975).
 *Bob Stover, "Keep 'Character' of Downtown LR, Study Proposes," ''Arkansas Gazette,'' July 3, 1975.
 ==External links==

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 Noted Joblin, "We basically had the idea at first of going in with bulldozers and knocking everything down and building a lot of new apartments with restaurants and shops, tennis courts, and swimming pools." Many of the projects had ended in failure in Little Rock and elsewhere in the country. Many vacant lots created in the 1960s remained unfilled.
-The New Town in Town study concluded that an "Old Town" bounded by Main Street, [[Interstate 30]], the [[Arkansas River]], and Seventeenth Street should be protected from further demolition activity, and the moderate-income resident populations encouraged to remain in the area by providing regular foot patrols by police officers. Urban residential rehabilitation was recommended over blight removal, as was the reintroduction of life to the downtown district in the evenings and on weekends.
+The New Town in Town study concluded that an "Old Town" bounded by Main Street, [[Interstate-30]], the [[Arkansas River]], and Seventeenth Street should be protected from further demolition activity, and the moderate-income resident populations encouraged to remain in the area by providing regular foot patrols by police officers. Urban residential rehabilitation was recommended over blight removal, as was the reintroduction of life to the downtown district in the evenings and on weekends.
 ==References==