TY  - GEN
AU  - Gratz, Roberta  Brandes
AU  - Mintz, Norman
TI  - Cities back from the edge : : new life for downtown
SN  - 9780471361244
U1  - 307.3416 
PY  - 1998///
CY  - Canada
PB  - John Wiley & sons
KW  -  
N1  - CONTENTS
Acknowledgments ix 
Introduction 1
Section One: Where Are We?
Chapter One: Mansfield, Ohio—
Getting Off the Big Project Merry-Go-Round 9 
Chapter Two: The Mess We Have Made 33 
Chapter Three: Project Planning or Urban Husbandry—
The Choice 59
Section Two: Transportation and Place
Chapter Four: Death and Rebirth of the Public Realm 87 Chapter Five: Rebuilding Place, Valuing Transit   113 
Chapter Six: Undoing Sprawl 139
Section Three: Big, Little, and Predator
Chapter Seven: Free Competition or No Competition? 169 Chapter Eight: You Don't Have to Be Wal-Mart to Be Wal-Mart 195 
Chapter Nine: To Market, To Market 209
Section Four: Downtown Essentials
Chapter Ten: Public Buildings, Public Policies 235 
Chapter Eleven: Back to Basics 251 
Chapter Twelve: Investing in People 273
Section Five: It's Happening
Chapter Thirteen: The SoHo Syndrome 295
Conclusion: Back from the Edge 325
Index 349
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