(Read free) The Battle for Gotham: New York in the Shadow of Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs
♥ Roberta Brandes Gratz ♥
| #247183 in Books | Nation Books | 2011-09-06 | 2011-09-06 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.25 x1.00 x5.50l,.90 | File Name: 1568586787 | 400 pages |
||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Not as Good As I Had Hoped|By Observer|I would actually like to give this 2.5 stars. I agree with History Buff that there is too much autobiographical information and that the author has an axe to grind. I also agree with another reviewer that the parts of the book which talk about her family's business and how it changed as New York changed were interesting. I am a huge fan o|From Publishers Weekly|The mid-20th-century showdown between New York City planning czar Moses and legendary community urbanist Jacobs reverberates down the decades in this meandering polemic. A journalist and member of New York City's Landmarks Preservation Co
In the 1970s, New York City hit rock bottom. Crime was at its highest, middleclass exodus was in high gear, and bankruptcy loomed. Many people credit New York's master builder,” Robert Moses, with turning Gotham around, despite his heavy-handed ways. Roberta Brandes Gratz contradicts this conventional view. She argues that New York City recovered precisely because of the waning power of Moses and the growing influence of Jane Jacobs, the pioneer of organic ... [PDF.yt04] The Battle for Gotham: New York in the Shadow of Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs Rating: 4.86 (685 Votes)
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