...the apt metaphor of trying to ascend a "down" escalator to describe the challenges faced by local addressing urban decline: How can the downward slide be halted or even reversed? And ultimately, what drives the "escalator" downward in the first place? To help answer these questions, the author examines closely three renewal strategies that were attempted in Camden, New Jersey.

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