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[L]ike many of her neighbors, she has heard City Hall’s promises of renewal before. They worry that the city has rushed pell-mell into demolition [of abandoned buildings in Philadelphia] without knowing what will rise upon the rubble. (Michael Powell, “Raze of Sunshine in Philadelphia? City Pins Renewal Hopes on Clearing Vast Areas of Blight, Seeking Development,” Washington Post, 3/19/2002.)