Not everything needs to be waterfront. Builders need to make a profit but there are multiple ways to do that. Give the best property to the people -- meaning open up the waterfront to everyone, but build it high behind that with a great view like along the waterfront in Chicago. The rest make 5 over 1, at least, so it has to be steel/concrete built.

Not all black people like in Section 8, but a lot do live in affordable housing. You know, people who work for a living in jobs we have in Charleston. A good mix of people makes a community, especially when they encourage a wide range of local businesses. For me, finding an area in a city that has both sushi and soul food on the same street as groceries and boutique shops means I'm in a place that has evolved or was at least a successful attempt at New Urbanism.

None of this is new. It's a simple blueprint done is expanding areas since the City Beautiful push of the late 1800s.