Someone mentioned this article earlier, but I find it so interesting. It raises so many points about Phoenix, and whether it would be welcomed then survive or fail would be an indicator as to what "downtown" is and where Phoenix stands as a top U.S. City.
http://www.marketplace.org/topics/we...un-suburbanize
1) Would ANY ethnic community welcome a developer into their neighborhood after seeing the complete destruction that has happened to places like Little China, The Deuce, etc.?
2) Can Phoenix truly have a bridge between the corporate towers of downtown and the barrios? Or, are relations too strained due to the state's political climate?
3) Could there every truly be a thriving Latino community visited by those "north of the tracks" or have we demolished too much of that gateway already to ever connect the two?