Buffalo, N.Y

After the St. Lawrence Seaway opened in 1959, the Erie Canal became a relic, and 150,000 industrial jobs were lost over the decades. The city has tried to stem population decline by adopting a bohemian strategy and turning over some of the 10,000 vacant lots it owns to be used as spaces for urban art.

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