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...turned out to be an idea that worked for them. Their new offices in lower Manhattan are stuffed with models for real projects, not propositions???numerous condos, two retail commissions in Beijing, the master plan for an entire city in India, a classroom building at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City and a partnership with the firm of eminent British architect Richard Rogers and landscape designer Ken Smith to weave esplanades, greenery and pavilions into a two-mile (3 km) stretch of waterfront along Manhattan's Lower East Side...
Once, the answer to both was widely thought to be yes. But researchers have raised gnawing doubts about these propositions???without necessarily disproving them. Moreover, forced busing or the threat of it has accelerated the white flight to the suburbs, leaving the inner cities increasingly nonwhite. In this situation, urban desegregation may mean little more than spreading a dwindling white minority among overwhelmingly black and increasingly mediocre schools, with minimal benefit for either race. In short, does school desegregation improve or worsen race relations? Are there alternatives to busing for achieving desegregation and improving the education of black children...
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