Urban village here beats Potemkin village on the highway

To help traditional downtowns compete with malls, the National Trust for Historic Preservation started its Main Street revitalization program thirty years ago. The nonprofit Roslindale Village Main Street became one of the first five urban retail centers in the U.S. to join the program in 1985. Boston now has 19 such programs throughout its neighborhoods, including West Roxbury.

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