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William Easterly: Four Centuries of Human Initiative on One City Block



Development—whether with bordellos or art galleries—is spontaneous, defying city planning. Does successful city development require expert planning? Or do some of the best neighborhoods arise spontaneously? To answer these questions, I teamed up with Laura Freschi and Steven Pennings to study the history of a single 486-foot block of Greene

Posted: November 8, 2015 Sunday 08:54 PM