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In 1997, after General Motors shuttered a massive complex of factories in the gritty industrial city of Flint, Michigan, workers placed signs around the empty facility reading. This book suggests that the struggling city could not move forward to greatness until the old plants met the wrecking ball.

Demolition Means Progress

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    A Hardback by Andrew R. Highsmith

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      Publisher The University of Chicago Press
      Published 6 July 2015
      ISBN-13 9780226050058
      978-0226050058
      ISBN-10 022605005X
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      Urban and municipal planning and policy

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In 1997, after General Motors shuttered a massive complex of factories in the gritty industrial city of Flint, Michigan, workers placed signs around the empty facility reading. This book suggests that the struggling city could not move forward to greatness until the old plants met the wrecking ball.

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