ABSTRACT
The precipitous decline of the American inner city in the short space of the last half of the twentieth century undoubtedly constitutes one of the nation's most profound contemporary challenges. This is particularly true for neighborhoods that abut central business districts (CBDs), such as derelict industrial zones and blighted residential areas, where the value of underutilized public infrastructure and private building stock measures in the trillions. In the "postfederal" era, creative and sustainable reutilization of these innercity resources is increasingly necessary.
