Sentences with phrase «streets become vacant»

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ELMHURST — A stretch of vacant land once earmarked for a street probably will become a park by autumn, City Manager Thomas Borchert said.

«One theory that resonated with a lot of the things we found points to the importance of busy streets in promoting outdoor activity, interaction and cohesion in communities, which could potentially deter street violence,» said Branas, who has led several previous studies suggesting that urban parks and greening vacant lots encourage people to become invested in maintaining their neighborhoods and may reduce violent crime.

A year after taking root in a vacant flower shop on West 28th Street in New York City, Planthouse has become a home to daring exhibitions by emerging artists as well as a supportive venue for prints.

Had large swaths of vacant neighborhoods remained unoccupied, left to rot in the sun while banks across the world sorted out ownership, thousands of streets would have become overgrown bastions of squatters and valueless real estate.