Word: urbanely
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...apparent attempt to take communitypressure off Harvard, the Boston city councilvoted to declare the entire Longwood Medical Areaa "Commercial Area Revitalization District," adesignation generally reserved for areas in needof urban renewal...
Nowhere is the new style of urban leadership more apparent than in Cleveland, where Mayor Michael White, 42, is running for a second term. He cut his political teeth as a volunteer in Stokes' historic campaign, but his approach is vastly different. "Our generation traded jeans and large Afros for the use of the halls of power," says White. "We know that standing outside throwing bricks can only...
...next week, they will consider the same two major candidates they did four years ago: David Dinkins and Rudolph Giuliani. But this time the slate seems so disappointing to many New Yorkers that they would probably prefer to choose "none of the above." The reason: like the rest of urban America, the city has changed...
Voters are disgusted. Polls show Dinkins and Giuliani locked in a statistical dead heat; the only movement is the rising disapproval ratings for both of them. Neither candidate is getting across a message that he can be an urban Mr. Fixit. Dinkins comes off as a courtly but unimaginative bureaucrat with a taste for fussy clothes and fancy ceremonies. Giuliani has a reputation as a humorless autocrat with an abrasive management style that involves shooting first and asking questions later...
...other experts, like Leonard Berry, director of Texas A&M's Center for Retailing Studies, believe victories by grass-roots groups like the coalition deprive residents of the opportunity to buy goods and services more cheaply, especially in urban areas like New York City and Los Angeles, which are monopolized by small, more expensive specialty retailers. "For towns to deny entry into the market is contrary to free enterprise," Berry says...