City of Ambition: FDR, La Guardia, and the Making of Modern New York
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: May 28, 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 512
ISBN-13: 9780393066913
Description: Describes the revitalization of New York during the Great Depression as President Roosevelt and Mayor LaGuardia worked together to build parks, bridges, and schools and put people to work by channeling federal resources into cities and counties.