CONTENTS List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi Photo and Map Credits xiii Introduction 1 1 Financing Without Cash: The Ten-Year Tax Abatement 17 2 A Managed Downtown: The Center City District 49 3 The Transition Zone: Rebuilding Eastern North Philadelphia 77 4 A Citywide Revitalization Policy, I: Neighborhood Transformation Initiative Organization and Planning 107 5 A Citywide Revitalization Policy, II: NTI Real Estate Transactions and Housing Agency Reorganization 129 6 Broadening Public Education Options: The Penn Alexander School 151 7 Commercial Corridor Redefinition: The West Philadelphia Fire House 181 8 The Exercise of State Power: Municipal Reform and Eminent Domain in Camden 207 9 An Integrated Strategy: Real Estate Development and Human Capital Planning in Camden 232 10 Rental Housing Asset Management: A Strategy for Allentown, Pennsylvania's Downtown-Area Neighborhoods 265 11 The Future of Reinvestment 289 Notes 306 Index 321