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What lies beneath: To manage toxic contamination in cities, study their industrial histories

  • Written by James R. Elliott, Professor of Sociology, Rice University
Mural at Rockaway Brewing Company in Long Island City, Queens, New York, a longtime industrial and transportation hub that now is rapidly redeveloping.AP Photo/Mark Lennihan

Philadelphia’s hip Northern Liberties community is an old working-class neighborhood that has become a model of trendy urban-chic redevelopment. Crowded with renovated...

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