The battle for Gotham : New York in the shadow of Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs /
Gratz, Roberta Brandes.
New York : Nation Books,
c2010.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-333) and index.
A clash of visions: then and now -- The way things were -- Landmarks preservation: precursor of positive change -- Growing up in Greenwich Village -- 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: both shadows are strong.
Moses, Robert, 1888-1981.
Jacobs, Jane, 1916-2006.
Urban renewal
City planning
Urbanization