DECLINING DOWNTOWNS

Mr. Rouse's next endeavor would be an attempt to revive center cities that had been decimated by Post-War suburbanization. His first "festival marketplace" was dedicated in Boston in August 26, 1976. FANEUIL ["Fan-yul"] HALL MARKETPLACE, an urban renewal redevelopment of an eighteenth century public market, was an astounding success. Other marketplaces and downtown shopping malls followed.