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

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

Summary
The epic rivalry of activist, writer, and mother of three Jane Jacobs, and the father of many of New York's most monumental development projects Robert Moses, played out amid the struggle for the soul of a city, is one of the most dramatic and con... Read more
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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xvii, 231 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Publisher
Random House 2009

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 921 JACOBS, JANE Flint in Adult Non-fiction Available

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