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The battle for Gotham : New York in the shadow of Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs
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The battle for Gotham : New York in the shadow of Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs / Roberta Brandes Gratz.
ISBN
9781568584386 (alk. paper)
1568584385 (alk. paper)
Published
New York, NY : Nation Books, c2010.
Physical Description
xxxix, 350 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 13, 2010
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: a clash of visions-then and now
The way things were
Landmarks preservation: precursor of positive change
Greenwich Village: Jacobs, Moses, and me
Soho: a Moses defeat, a Jacobs victory
Reconsidering Robert Moses: what's to reconsider?
The factory: the secret life of New York industry
The Upper West Side: what Moses couldn't kill
Westway: a conversation with Jane Jacobs
Big things get done
Conclusion: their shadows still hover.
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