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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Choice Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Gratz, Roberta Brandes.     Subjects     Moses, Robert, 1888-1981.     Jacobs, Jane, 1916-2006.     Urban renewal -- New York (State) -- New York.     City planning -- New York (State) -- New York.     Urbanization -- New York (State) -- New York.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Gratz, Roberta Brandes.       by title:      The battle for Gotha...       by call number:      307.3416 G773b     Search the Web     Gratz, Roberta Brandes.     Moses, Robert, 1888-1981.     Jacobs, Jane, 1916-2006.     Urban renewal -- New York (State) -- New York.     City planning -- New York (State) -- New York.     Urbanization -- New York (State) -- New York.       MARC Display

The battle for Gotham : New York in the shadow of Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs / Roberta Brandes Gratz. by Gratz, Roberta Brandes. Nation Books, c2010. Call #: 307.3416 G773b Subjects Moses, Robert, 1888-1981.   Jacobs, Jane, 1916-2006.   Urban renewal -- New York (State) -- New York.   City planning -- New York (State) -- New York.   Urbanization -- New York (State) -- New York. ISBN:  9781568584386 (alk. paper) 1568584385 (alk. paper) Description:  xxxix, 350 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents:  Introduction: a clash of visions-then and now -- The way things were -- Landmarks preservation: precursor of positive change -- Greenwich Village: Jacobs, Moses, and me -- Soho: a Moses defeat, a Jacobs victory -- Reconsidering Robert Moses: what's to reconsider? -- The factory: the secret life of New York industry -- The Upper West Side: what Moses couldn't kill -- Westway: a conversation with Jane Jacobs -- Big things get done -- Conclusion: their shadows still hover. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Alderney Gate Public Library Adult Nonfiction 307.3416 G773b Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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