The Battle for Gotham: New York in the Shadow of Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs
Autor Roberta Brandes Gratzen Limba Engleză Paperback – 5 sep 2011 – vârsta de la 13 ani
In
the
1970s,
New
York
City
hit
rock
bottom.
Crime
was
at
its
highest,
middleclass
exodus
was
in
high
gear,
and
bankruptcy
loomed.
Many
people
credit
New
York's
“master
builder,”
Robert
Moses,
with
turning
Gotham
around,
despite
his
heavy-handed
ways.
Roberta
Brandes
Gratz
contradicts
this
conventional
view.
She
argues
that
New
York
City
recovered
precisely
because
of
the
waning
power
of
Moses
and
the
growing
influence
of
Jane
Jacobs,
the
pioneer
of
organic
renewal
projects.
As
American
cities
face
a
new
economic
crisis,
Jacobs's
philosophy
is
again
vital
for
metropolitan
life.
Gratz
gives
an
on-the-ground
account
of
urban
renewal
and
community
success.
Her
writing—at
once
personal,
political,
and
instructive—breaks
down
how
the
impossible
was
achieved.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781568586786
ISBN-10: 1568586787
Pagini: 400
Dimensiuni: 140 x 210 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Ediția:First Trade Paper Edition
Editura: PublicAffairs
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ISBN-10: 1568586787
Pagini: 400
Dimensiuni: 140 x 210 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Ediția:First Trade Paper Edition
Editura: PublicAffairs
Colecția Bold Type Books
Notă biografică
Roberta Brandes Gratz is an acclaimed urbanist who has published three previous books on the subject, including most recently The Battle for Gotham: New York in the Shadow of Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs. Her writing has also appeared in the Nation, the New York Times Magazine, and the Wall Street Journal. She previously served on the NYC Landmark's Preservation Commission and currently sits on the Sustainability Advisory Board for NYC. She splits her time between New York City and New Orleans.
Recenzii
New
York
Times
"[A] profoundly personal account of Moses's bulldozer diplomacy and its consequences for today...[Gratz] writes eloquently of her childhood in Greenwich Village, and then proves her point...Readers might not share her conclusions, but can't help being impressed with her reporting."
Boston Review
"[A] profoundly personal account of Moses's bulldozer diplomacy and its consequences for today...[Gratz] writes eloquently of her childhood in Greenwich Village, and then proves her point...Readers might not share her conclusions, but can't help being impressed with her reporting."
Boston Review