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of ,the urban core 'must be examined and understood in the context of local change. The phenomenon which has been commonly called suburbanization has brought about changes to which the urban core has not adapted with much success. Noted below are some of the more significant trends affecting this area: 1. It is losing its permanent residents. About 4,800 have departed since 1950 which is a decline of about 50 percent. 2. The number of major hotel rooms in the urban core is declining sharply. About 500 have been lost since 1960 and only 285 remain. 3. Since 1958 there are one-third fewer retail stores in the core area. Although there is some increase in dollar value in retail sales, the area is getting a smaller share of total county sales. The share, for example, slipped 11 percent between 1958 and 1967. 4. There is a steady decline in the amount of land in the core devoted to buildings and an increase'in the area devoted to the automobile~ 5. Since 1950 there has been a decline in total assessed value for land and buildings in the core. At the same time, the value for the city as a whole has increased. 6. Vacant building space ,has been increasing. This is true not only for theupper floors but also at the street level. 8 I B. DEVELOPMENT TSSUES I There are'sevetal major development issues facing the urban core: 1. By· far the mos t important of these issues I i·~ the question of what the future of the urban core should be'. The trends indicat1 that for some time now the core has been undergoing a change from its former role in'th.e, city and regional scheme. The loss, of·resident population, the relative .. decline in retail sales, the shift in employment composi tion.. , the relative decl~ of new capital investments, and the increaL ing age and obsolescence of structures are manifestations of this changing role. Loss of former functions of the urban corel may not be totally negative for the community at large. The trends, however, further indicate that the core has been in a general state of decline for about I two decades and this is clearly not good for the Fort Wayne area. The urban core has been the victim of suburbanization and'the massive growth in the use of the private automobile. Major governmental efforts in the core I I in the recent past have largely taken the form of new public and quasi-public bUild-( ings. The Fort Wayne Redevelopment Commission has had two successful redevelopment'projec~ s, but renewal of the urban I core has suffered for economic, social Ii physicl.ll reasons and from the lack of a comprehensive and long-term government program ~ith'little response from the I provate sector to support 'such 'a program. In its-simplest sense the issue before thel commuijl~y is concentration vis-'a-vis I
Object Description
Title | Fort Wayne framework for development: proposed policies |
Alternative Title | Framework for development, Fort Wayne: proposed policies |
Contributor | Fort Wayne (Ind.). Dept. of Community Development and Planning |
Topic | Economic Development |
Subject |
City planning--Indiana--Fort Wayne Urban renewal--Indiana--Fort Wayne |
Geographical Coverage | Fort Wayne, Indiana |
Date of Original | Winter 1974-1975 |
Time Period | 1900-1999 |
Source | Print version: Fort Wayne framework for development: proposed policies. (Fort Wayne, Ind.: Department of Community Development and Planning, 1975), 24 p. |
Additional Availability | Print version might be available at IPFW Helmke Library. See online catalog. |
Rights | Copyright Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, 2006- . All rights reserved. May not be reproduced without permission. For information regarding reproduction and use see: http://cdm16776.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/about/collection/p16776coll1/ |
Date Digitally Created | April 17 2012 |
Digital Publisher | Walter E. Helmke Library, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne |
Digitization Specifications | This pdf file was derived from 400 dpi, 1-bit, uncompressed TIFF images that were scanned from the originals using a Fujitsu 5750C scanner with Adobe Acrobat 9.0 Professional scanning software, black and white configuration. |
Content Type | Text |
Digital Format | text/pdf |
Collection | Fort Wayne Area Government Information |
Identifier | 30000122013059 |
File Name | 30000122013059.pdf |
Description
Title | Page 14 |
Transcript | of ,the urban core 'must be examined and understood in the context of local change. The phenomenon which has been commonly called suburbanization has brought about changes to which the urban core has not adapted with much success. Noted below are some of the more significant trends affecting this area: 1. It is losing its permanent residents. About 4,800 have departed since 1950 which is a decline of about 50 percent. 2. The number of major hotel rooms in the urban core is declining sharply. About 500 have been lost since 1960 and only 285 remain. 3. Since 1958 there are one-third fewer retail stores in the core area. Although there is some increase in dollar value in retail sales, the area is getting a smaller share of total county sales. The share, for example, slipped 11 percent between 1958 and 1967. 4. There is a steady decline in the amount of land in the core devoted to buildings and an increase'in the area devoted to the automobile~ 5. Since 1950 there has been a decline in total assessed value for land and buildings in the core. At the same time, the value for the city as a whole has increased. 6. Vacant building space ,has been increasing. This is true not only for theupper floors but also at the street level. 8 I B. DEVELOPMENT TSSUES I There are'sevetal major development issues facing the urban core: 1. By· far the mos t important of these issues I i·~ the question of what the future of the urban core should be'. The trends indicat1 that for some time now the core has been undergoing a change from its former role in'th.e, city and regional scheme. The loss, of·resident population, the relative .. decline in retail sales, the shift in employment composi tion.. , the relative decl~ of new capital investments, and the increaL ing age and obsolescence of structures are manifestations of this changing role. Loss of former functions of the urban corel may not be totally negative for the community at large. The trends, however, further indicate that the core has been in a general state of decline for about I two decades and this is clearly not good for the Fort Wayne area. The urban core has been the victim of suburbanization and'the massive growth in the use of the private automobile. Major governmental efforts in the core I I in the recent past have largely taken the form of new public and quasi-public bUild-( ings. The Fort Wayne Redevelopment Commission has had two successful redevelopment'projec~ s, but renewal of the urban I core has suffered for economic, social Ii physicl.ll reasons and from the lack of a comprehensive and long-term government program ~ith'little response from the I provate sector to support 'such 'a program. In its-simplest sense the issue before thel commuijl~y is concentration vis-'a-vis I |