Atlanta Rises Again
“The drama of American cities spiraling into crises of crime, poverty and urban decay—accompanied by endless and mostly failed efforts to reverse such trends—played out repeatedly during the second half of the 20th century. New York’s collapse toward bankruptcy in the 1970s, Atlantic City’s spectacle of casinos and mobs, the hollowing out of Detroit as the auto industry went into cardiac arrest—these were just the most cinematic versions.”