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Author:

Gratz, Roberta Brandes.

Title:

The battle for Gotham : New York in the shadow of Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs / Roberta Brandes Gratz.

Publisher:

Nation Books,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

xxxix, 350 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Urban renewal--New York.--New York.
City planning--New York.--New York.
Urbanization--New York.--New York.
Moses, Robert,--1888-1981
Jacobs, Jane,--1916-2006

Notes:

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.

ISBN:

1568584385 (alk. paper)
9781568584386 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)435418544

LCCN:

2009047501

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)