Ebook: The Battle for Gotham: New York in the Shadow of Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs
Author: Jacobs Jane, Moses Robert, Gratz Roberta Brandes
- Tags: POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--City Planning & Urban Development, Urban renewal--New York (State)--New York, Urbanization--New York (State)--New York, City planning--New York (State)--New York, Urban renewal, Urbanization, City planning, Moses Robert -- 1888-1981, Jacobs Jane -- 1916-2006, Urban renewal -- New York (State) -- New York, City planning -- New York (State) -- New York, Urbanization -- New York (State) -- New York, POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- City Planning & Urban Development, N
- Year: 2010
- Publisher: Nation Books
- City: New York;NY;New York (State)
- Language: English
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The titanic clash of wills between Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs in the 1960s and how their dueling perspectives helped to define contemporary urban life.;A clash of visions: then and now -- The way things were -- Landmarks preservation: precursor of positive change -- Growing up in Greenwich Village -- 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: both shadows are strong.
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