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

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Title:

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

Author:

Flint, Anthony, 1962-

Personal Author:

Flint, Anthony, 1962-

Edition:

First edition.

Publication Information:

New York : Random House, [2009]

Physical Description:

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

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.

Language:

English

Contents:

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.

Personal Subject:

Jacobs, Jane, 1916-2006.

Moses, Robert, 1888-1981.

Subject Term:

City planners -- Biography.

City planners -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.

Geographic Term:

New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century.

ISBN:

9781400066742

Format :

Book