Title: The battle for Gotham
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.
Subjects: Urbanization, Urban renewal, City planning, Moses, robert, 1888-1981, Jacobs, jane, 1916-2006, City planning, united states
Places: New York (State), New York
People: Jane Jacobs (1916-2006), Robert Moses (1888-1981)