In the redevelopment world, success begets success. Or at least it should.
But in the case of Lancaster and Harrisburg, the long-term results of their downtown comebacks proved as different as the paths each city blazed to revitalize themselves.
Lancaster’s careful, plodding planning provided a rock-solid foundation for sustainable growth that continues to this day. In Harrisburg, the early success proved ephemeral, like the seeming spontaneous reaction that spawned its rebirth…