“In the 1954 Internal Revenue Code, a Republican Congress changed forty-year, straight-line depreciation for buildings to permit 'accelerated depreciation' of greenfield income-producing… — Dolores Hayden Copy Share Image
“By the mid-1950s real estate promoters of the commercial strip were attaching it to the centerless residential suburb. Both strips and tracts… — Dolores Hayden Copy Share Image
“In the wake of the tax bonanzas for new commercial projects, roadside strips boomed. Private developers responded to the lack of planned… — Dolores Hayden Copy Share Image
“Since the Leeburg Pike [at Tyson's Corner] carries six to eight lanes of fast-moving traffic and the mall lacks an obvious pedestrian… — Dolores Hayden Copy Share Image
“In 1995 Bank of America issued a famous report on sprawl in California. The bank pronounced: 'Urban job centers have decentralized to… — Dolores Hayden Copy Share Image
“In the 1954 Internal Revenue Code, a Republican Congress changed forty-year, straight-line depreciation for buildings to permit 'accelerated depreciation' of greenfield income-producing property in… — Dolores Hayden Copy Share Image
“By the mid-1950s real estate promoters of the commercial strip were attaching it to the centerless residential suburb. Both strips and tracts expanded under… — Dolores Hayden Copy Share Image
“Malls in the late forties and early fifties were risky. Suburban customers still believed in making major purchases in the central business districts of… — Dolores Hayden Copy Share Image
“Although it has become the most visible of American suburban landscapes, the edge node has few architectural defenders. Even developers despair: 'Shopping centers built… — Dolores Hayden Copy Share Image
“Jobs and commerce have moved to edge nodes, but few people want to live in them. The presence of housing in edge nodes is… — Dolores Hayden Copy Share Image
“In the wake of the tax bonanzas for new commercial projects, roadside strips boomed. Private developers responded to the lack of planned centers, public… — Dolores Hayden Copy Share Image
“By 2000, Americans had built almost twice as much retail space per citizen as any other country in the world: over nineteen square feet… — Dolores Hayden Copy Share Image
“The activities of automobile manufacturers, commercial real estate developers, and the federal government have been far more important in determining patterns of transportation than… — Dolores Hayden Copy Share Image
“Since the Leeburg Pike [at Tyson's Corner] carries six to eight lanes of fast-moving traffic and the mall lacks an obvious pedestrian entrance, I… — Dolores Hayden Copy Share Image
“In 1995 Bank of America issued a famous report on sprawl in California. The bank pronounced: 'Urban job centers have decentralized to the suburbs.… — Dolores Hayden Copy Share Image
![“Since the Leeburg Pike [at Tyson's Corner] carries six to eight lanes of fast-moving traffic and the mall lacks an obvious pedestrian entrance, I decided to negotiate the street in my car rather than on foot. This is a problem planners call the 'drive to lunch syndrome,' typical of edge nodes…” quote by Dolores Hayden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/536/dolores-hayden-41640_156-157_since-the-leeburg-pike-at-tyson-s-corner_2353746.jpg)
