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Battle for gotham New York in the shadow of Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: 2011 New York Nation booksDescription: xxxix,350,ipISBN:
  • 9781568586786
DDC classification:
  • 307.34 GRA
Summary: Contents List of Figures Acknowledgments PREFACE INTRODUCTION A Clash of Visions—Then and Now 1 THE WAY THINGS WERE 2 LANDMARKS PRESERVATION Precursor of Positive Change 3 GREENWICH VILLAGE Jacobs, Moses, and Me 4 SoHo A Moses Defeat, a Jacobs Victory 5 RECONSIDERING ROBERT MOSES What's to Reconsider? 6 THE FACTORY The Secret Life of New York Industry 7 THE UPPER WEST SIDE What Moses Couldn't Kill 8 WESTWAY A Conversation with Jane Jacobs 9 BIG THINGS GET DONE CONCLUSION Their Shadows Still Hover EPILOGUE Appendix: Jacobs's Arrest in Her Own Words 315 Notes Bibliography Index The Center for the Living City
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Book CEPT Library Faculty of Planning 307.34 GRA Available Bill No.IN309 Dt.28/10/2014 ($17.99) 013306
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Contents
List of Figures Acknowledgments
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
A Clash of Visions—Then and Now
1 THE WAY THINGS WERE
2 LANDMARKS PRESERVATION Precursor of Positive Change
3 GREENWICH VILLAGE Jacobs, Moses, and Me
4 SoHo
A Moses Defeat, a Jacobs Victory
5 RECONSIDERING ROBERT MOSES What's to Reconsider?
6 THE FACTORY
The Secret Life of New York Industry
7 THE UPPER WEST SIDE What Moses Couldn't Kill
8 WESTWAY
A Conversation with Jane Jacobs
9 BIG THINGS GET DONE
CONCLUSION
Their Shadows Still Hover
EPILOGUE
Appendix: Jacobs's Arrest in Her Own Words 315
Notes
Bibliography
Index
The Center for the Living City

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