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Title:

City by city : dispatches from the American metropolis / edited by Keith Gessen, Stephen Squibb.

Edition:

First Edition.

Publisher:

n + 1,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

vii, 483 pages : map ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Cities and towns--United States--History.

Other Authors:

Gessen, Keith, editor.
Squibb, Stephen, editor.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

DestiNY Syracuse, USA / Steve Featherstone. and Stephen Squibb -- Welcome to San Diego / Jordan Kisner -- Los Angeles plays itself / Dayna Tortorici -- Modern fresno / Michael Thomsen -- Bankrupt in Seattle / Jenny Hendrix -- Goldrush in Whittier / Erin Sheehy -- The office and the city / Nikil Saval -- The making of local Boise / Ryann Liebenthal -- My Las Vegas / Kitty Lederer -- Phoenix rising / Emily Gogolak -- Crossing El Paso / Debbie Nathan -- Upstream in Williston / Nicky Tiso -- Lessons of the Arkansas / Ben Merriman -- Dallas and the park cities / Annie Julia Wyman -- The kindness of strangers in New Orleans / Moira Donegan -- M., Northern Kentucky / Gary Percesepe -- Six houses in Hyde Park / Sam Biederman -- Milwaukee's gilded age and aftermath / Greg Afinogenov -- Saving Detroit / Simone Landon -- The Cleveland model : interview with Gar Alperovitz -- Neighborhoods in Cincinnati / James Pogue -- Five jobs in Reading / Chris Reitz -- Late show Philadelphia, 1999 / Chanelle Benz -- The highway and the city / Dan Albert -- Antlanta's BeltLine meets the voters / Alex Sayf Cummings -- Dire straits / Michelle Tea -- Fear and aggression in Palm Coast / Elias Rodriques -- Miami party boom / Emily Witt -- Lehigh Acres, designated place / Spencer Fleury -- Disappearing in Duluth / Shawn Wen -- White Oak denim, Greensboro / Aaron Lake Smith -- Washington, D.C., brothel / Michael Merriam -- Christmas in Baltimore / Lawrence Jackson -- Philly school reform / Jesse Montgomery -- Bed-Stuy / Brandon Harris -- Providence, you're looking good / Ian MacDougall -- Boston buys residence : interview with Steve Meacham -- DestiNY Syracuse, USA / Steve Featherstone.

Summary:

"A collection of essays--historical and personal--about the present and future of American cities"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0865478317 (paperback)
9780865478312 (paperback)

LCCN:

2014041300

Locations:

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

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)