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...rather, it is the 21st century version of slum clearance, with parking lots and strip malls getting razed and superblocks - long stretches uninterrupted by cross streets - getting chopped up to create short, walkable city blocks...
...whereas slum clearance was enforced by local governments, which used and in some cases abused eminent domain to reinvent neighborhoods, the Tysons retrofit almost entirely depends on 150 or so private landowners. (Aside from a fire station, a school and a few public watersheds, Tysons has almost no public land. Like most other places in Fairfax County, Tysons is unincorporated and is overseen at the county level.) The government won't mandate these changes. Rather, property owners will apply individually to increase the scale or density of their holdings, to tear down or add to what is already standing...
...Watch "The Real Slum Of Slumdog...
...about $280,000). The story quoted Qureshi's brother as saying, "The child is special now. This is not an ordinary child. This is an Oscar child." Without bothering to check the allegations with Qureshi, Indian newspapers and cable television channels descended on Rubina in her home in a slum in Bandra, a suburb of Mumbai, asking her to clarify the incident. Qureshi has consistently denied the tabloid's claims and has not been arrested - despite widespread reports in Indian newspapers and on television to the contrary. (See the real slum of Slumdog Millionaire...
...director, Danny Boyle, producer Christian Colson and an Indian child rights group, Plan India). The trust issued a statement saying that its representatives are in regular contact with Rubina and her parents to help protect the child's interests. "We are looking towards shifting the family out of the slum and into a flat, which will be held in trust till the children turn 18," says Noshir H. Dadrawala, one of the trustees. "We will also provide them a monthly stipend of 5,000 to 6,000 rupees ($100-$120) to cover their living costs." The trust also plans...