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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Flint, Anthony, 1962-     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.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Flint, Anthony, 1962-       by title:      Wrestling with Moses...         MARC Display

Wrestling with Moses : how Jane Jacobs took on New York's master builder and transformed the American city / Anthony Flint. by 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. Requests:  0 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.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Art, Music & Recreation 711.4092 Jacobs Fl Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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