By BILL DUHART
Courier-Post Staff, CAMDEN
It explores the dawn of the industrial revolution that created modern
cities. While his book primarily deals with the past, he readily admits
there are also lessons for the future. One of the implications here is the
relentless movement out of the urban cores," he said. "Places like
Paris never suburbanized. The core of the city is preferred and the suburban
locations are of last resort." "The first thing that strikes me
here is the huge amount of abandoned housing that European cities do not
permit," Lees said. "Areas like North Philadelphia don't exist in
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