some people need to learn to read (Score 1)

Seriously wtf people? it clearly says that they are going to knock down buildings that are not currently occupied in any legal sense. they are not kicking poor people out of their homes, they are just knocking down old buildings that no one wants any more so that the land can be put to better use. This seems like a good idea for seriously blighted parts of cities that no one goes to anymore. if someone then wants to buy the land and actually do something with it, the city makes some money buying land cheap and selling it un-blighted, the city gets new businesses who need cheap land an infrastructure. The city can then plan for more people building and moving into these area's (god forbid maybe actually put in better public transportation). I am not so sure about the whole "green" part of it.