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Flint, Anthony, 1962-
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Jacobs, Jane, 1916-2006.
Moses, Robert, 1888-1981.
City planners -- Biography.
City planners -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century.
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Wrestling with Moses...
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Wrestling with Moses : how Jane Jacobs took on New York's master builder and transformed the American city / Anthony Flint.
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Flint, Anthony, 1962-
New York : Random House, c2009.
Subjects
Jacobs, Jane, 1916-2006.
Moses, Robert, 1888-1981.
City planners -- Biography.
City planners -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN:
9781400066742 (alk. paper) :
1400066743 (alk. paper)
Description:
xvii, 231 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Edition:
1st ed.
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.
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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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