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How Smaller Older Buildings Create Vibrant Cities

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The Buttnick Manufacturing building in Pioneer Square, Seattle.

Marcie Sillman speaks with Mike Powe, senior research manager at the National Trust for Historic Preservation, about the group's new research report "Older, Smaller, Better: Measuring How the Character of Buildings and Blocks Influences Urban Vitality."