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CityLab Daily: Out of a National Tragedy, a Housing Solution

Also: Returning to “Edge City,” and a suburb’s avocado-filled attempt to lure Millennials.
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Building on King: Shortly after Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller wanted to build on King’s memory. From these efforts, the New York State Urban Development Corporation was born.