Wrestling with Moses : how Jane Jacobs took on New York's master builder and transformed the American city / Anthony Flint.

Main entry:

Flint, Anthony, 1962-

Title & Author:

Wrestling with Moses : how Jane Jacobs took on New York's master builder and transformed the American city / Anthony Flint.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Description:

xvii, 231 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : anarchy and order -- The girl from Scranton -- The master builder -- The battle of Washington Square Park -- Urban renewal in Greenwich village -- The lower Manhattan expressway -- Epilogue : separate ways.

Summary:

Documents the 1968 clash between activist writer Jane Jacobs and urban-planning giant Robert Moses over a planned expressway in New York City, exploring how Jacobs' eventual victory reshaped the ways in which people respond to urban renewal projects.

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ISBN:

9781400066742 (alk. paper)
1400066743 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Jacobs, Jane, 1916-2006.
Moses, Robert, 1888-1981.
Jacobs, Jane 1916-2006
Moses, Robert 1888-1981
Metropolitan Museum of Art
City planners Biography.
City planners New York (State) New York History 20th century.
Urbanistes Biographies.
Urbanistes New York (État) New York Histoire 20e siècle.
City planners.
Stadtplanung
New York (N.Y.) History 20th century.
New York (N.Y.) Histoire 20e siècle.
New York (State) New York.

Form/genre:

Biography
collective biographies.
Biographies.
History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 263942
Call No.: BIB 195251
Status: Available

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