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...substitution of epoxy for cement grouting, although it will drive costs upward once again, was nonetheless intended as a further improvement in the Center's controversial construction. "It seemed a prudent thing to do," concluded Leahy...
...resign ourselves to pessimism Forrester thinks not. As was clear from the examination of the previous four public programs, conventional approaches to solving urban problems are defeated by massive in-migration of the Underemployed. Forrester believes that if this in-migration can be limited, the prospects for increasing the upward mobility--and therefore the quality of life--of the Underemployed in the city can be greatly enhanced...
...achieves this limitation by lowering the supply of low-income housing. Turning over excess Underemployed Housing to industry, for demolition and construction of manufacturing plant, will permit the city, he believes to realize very significant long-term improvement in upward job-mobility...
Implementation of his program begins with tax incentives for owners of buildings to rebuild or renovate. This has the effect of withholding housing from the Underemployed Housing market, because Premium and Worker Housing deteriorate less slowly, while simultaneously prolonging the life-span of New Enterprise--which increases upward job mobility for all classes. Forrester states that the goal of this policy should be to remove 5 per cent of the Underemployed Housing per year while using the land cleared in this manner to build new industries. The new industries would raise the income levels of Underemployed neighborhoods, which would permit...
With some rather dubious statistical footwork, Mitchell sidestepped the most obvious conclusion to be drawn from the report-that performance has not matched promise. "The continuing upward trend illustrates that crime is still one of our foremost problems," he admitted, "but the decelerating rate of increase provides a basis for cautious optimism." Although crime increased 7% from January through June this year, said Mitchell, that was 4% less than 1970's increase over the year before. In other words, things are getting worse more slowly...