Wrestling with Moses
How Jane Jacobs Took on New York's Master Builder and Transformed the American City
New York : Random House, [2009]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: xvii, 231 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
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.
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.
Subjects:
Moses, Robert, 1888-1981.
Jacobs, Jane, 1916-2006.
City planners -- Biography.
City planners -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century.
Moses, Robert, 1888-1981.
Jacobs, Jane, 1916-2006.
City planners -- Biography.
City planners -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN:
9781400066742
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
ARCHITEC American Fli | Main (Downtown) | Second Level, Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references and index.