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Jacobs, Jane, 1916-2006 -- Influence.
City planning -- New York (State) -- New York.
Urban renewal -- New York (State) -- New York.
Urban policy -- New York (State) -- New York.
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Block by block : Jane Jacobs and the future of New York / edited by Timothy Mennel, Jo Steffens & Christopher Klemek.
Municipal Art Society of New York, c2007.
Call #:
711
.40973
J17b
Subjects
Jacobs, Jane, 1916-2006 -- Influence.
City planning -- New York (State) -- New York.
Urban renewal -- New York (State) -- New York.
Urban policy -- New York (State) -- New York.
ISBN:
9781568987712 (pbk.)
1568987714 (pbk.)
Alternate title:
Jane Jacobs and the future of New York.
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
64 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Notes:
Published to accompany an exhibition held at the Municipal Art Society of New York.
Contents:
Foreword / Judith Rodin -- From "Cities and songs" / Adam Gopnik -- Sounds of New York City from Harlem, 116th & 7th Ave / Quincy Troupe -- Jane Jacobs and the future of New York / Christopher Klemek -- Commemoration / Paul Goldberger -- From "Jane Jacobs revisited" / Karrie Jacobs -- The nature of cities / Christopher Alexander -- A new urbanist's view of Jane Jacobs / John Norquest -- The death and life of great American towns / Michael McDonough -- Big sky over Gowanus / Phillip Lopate -- Jane Jacobs, pragmatist / Joan Ockman -- This is the time when beautiful girls ... / Thomas de Monchaux -- Pathological urbanity / Tama Janowitz -- Art's sake / Tom Wolfe -- Nature morte / Jesse Reiser -- From "The colossus of New York" / Colson Whitehead -- From "My lost city" / Luc Sante -- From "Analogue" / Zoe Leonard -- Toward that better city / Robert Neuwirth -- Not good, but well behaved ... / Marshall Brown -- Community vision / Majora Carter -- The perks of the city / Allison Arieff -- Goner Pillow Company / Ben Katchor -- Chow of the city / David McAninch -- How do we shout? / Reverend Billy -- New ideas require old buildings / Lisa Rochon -- Jacobs omnibus / Damon Rich -- The glory of Harlem / Michael Henry Adams -- Musing on the city / Carlton Brown -- Light-years ahead / Roberta Brandes Gratz -- Where I live / Yvonne Durant -- A personal reflection / Ron Shiffman -- From "It happens every day" / Marshall Berman -- History's angel / Nathan Glazer -- Local cities, global problems / Andrew Blum -- Meeting Jane Jacobs / David Grahame Shane -- The nature of economics / Saskia Sassen -- From "Gothamitis" / Adam Gopnik -- From " Designs for working" / Malcolm Gladwell -- The city I love / Tony Goldman -- Mother Jacob's home recipe -- Jane Jacobs bibliography -- First we kill the architects / Danny Lyon.
Other authors:
Mennel, Timothy.
Steffens, Jo.
Klemek, Christopher.
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