The battle for Gotham
Subtitle: New York in the shadow of Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs
By: Roberta Brandes Gratz.
Publisher: Nation Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 350
ISBN-13: 9781568584386
Subjects: Moses, Robert, -- 1888-1981; Jacobs, Jane, -- 1916-2006; Urban renewal -- New York (State) -- New York; City planning -- New York (State) -- New York; Urbanization -- New York (State) -- New York
Description: Roberta Brandes Gratz revisits the New York of the 1960s and 1970s - particularly the clash of wills between Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs - to tell a deeply revisionist story of how New York City emerged from crisis and how that regeneration can inform our response to the current crisis. --Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A clash of visions: then and now; title: The way things were; title: Landmarks preservation: precursor of positive change; title: Growing up in Greenwich Village; title: Soho: a Moses defeat, a Jacobs victory; title: Reconsidering Robert Moses: what's to reconsider?; title: The factory: the secret life of New York industry; title: The Upper West Side: what Moses couldn't kill; title: Westway: a conversation with Jane Jacobs; title: Big things get done; title: Conclusion: both shadows are strong.