The Battle for Gotham: New York in the Shadow of Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs 9781568586465, 1568586469

In the 1970s, New York City hit rock bottom. Crime was at its highest, the middle class exodus was in high gear, and ban

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English Pages 400 Year 2010

The Battle for Gotham: New York in the Shadow of Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs
9781568586465, 1568586469

Includes index

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New York is often described as the greatest city in the world. Yet much of the iconic architecture and culture which so

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New York is often described as the greatest city in the world. Yet much of the iconic architecture and culture which so

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This book examines the reception and appropriation of Classical (Greco-Roman) Art and Architecture in New York from 1830

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The first biography of Jane Jacobs for young people, the visionary activist, urbanist, and thinker who transformed the w

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From 1963 to 1965 roughly 6,000 families moved into Rochdale Village, at the time the world's largest housing coope

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Most experts consider economic development to be the dominant factor influencing urban politics. They point to the impor

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New York City witnessed unparalleled growth in the first half of the nineteenth century, its population rising from thir

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Amazon.com Review Like the city it celebrates, Gotham is massive and endlessly fascinating. This narrative of well over

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The first detailed study of “Neo-Antique” architecture applies an archaeological lens to the study of New York City’s st

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