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Paul S. Grogan and Tony Proscio, Comeback Cities: A Blueprint for Urban Neighborhood Revival (Westview Press, 2000) A handy primer on how and why (some of) America's inner cities have begun recovering from the pervasive crime and social disorder that plagued them only a decade ago. This book chronicles how hopeless ghettos have turned around through a mix of public and private partnerships, grassroots organization and a willingness to innovate. The authors argue that neighborhoods, though staying poor, become vibrant and nice places to live when using these innovative and combined efforts to solve urban problems. One criticism, though, is that the authors think it is more important to focus on neighborhood rebirth rather than to focus on the "unreasonable and largely irrelevant" goal of eliminating poverty. MORE: Baltimore Business Journal interview with Grogan Business Week book review Review from the Nation Housing Institute Excerpts: Amazon Amazon |
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