Main entry:

Gratz, Roberta Brandes.

Title & Author:

The battle for Gotham : New York in the shadow of Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs / Roberta Brandes Gratz.

Publication:

New York : Nation Books, ©2010.

Description:

xxxix, 350 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 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.

Summary:

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.

ISBN:

9781568584386 (alk. paper)
1568584385 (alk. paper)

Subject:

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.
Rénovation urbaine New York (État) New York.
Urbanisation New York (État) New York.
City planning.
Urban renewal.
Urbanization.
New York (State) New York.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 267175
Call No.: BIB 199211
Status: Available