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Revitalizing Cities gives readers an inside view of HRI Properties as it explores its history and philosophies, the people behind them, and the architecture and cityscapes that resulted from their vision, while also profiling the people who have benefited from living in the revitalized neighborhoods and the positive affect HRI's efforts have had on these communities.

Praise For…

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“HRI builds difficult projects the hard way—by caring for the city and its people while still keeping an eye firmly on the profit line. This alchemy was responsible for most of the places we now love. This book is evidence that one outfit at least still knows how to do it.”
- Andrés Duany, FAIA, CNU
Founding Partner, DPZ LLC and
founder of the Congress for the New Urbanism

“HRI should be considered one of the top corporate citizens in America with its mission and proven success in revitalizing cities. HRI has repeatedly demonstrated that preservation and adaptive reuse in our forgotten downtowns can be profitable endeavors. . . . Pres Kabacoff’s driving force for excellence in design and redesign have regenerated economies in St. Louis, Dallas, Jackson, as well as homebased New Orleans, where his footprint is larger than any other in multiple historic places. The domino impact of HRI’s transformative work has brought dazzling change in many dark corners of our nation.“
- Dana Crawford,
Urban Neighborhoods, Inc.

“One would be hard-pressed to identify a firm that has had a more profound influence on the built environment of modern New Orleans than HRI, be it through the adaptive reuse of landmark historical structures or the New Urbanist redevelopment of public housing. Revitalizing Cities tells that story from the inside—the history, the philosophies, the people behind them, and most of all the architecture and cityscapes that resulted. It’s an important read for anyone interested in urbanism, in New Orleans and beyond, and I highly recommend it.”
- Richard Campanella,
Urban Geographer and Author,
Tulane University