
"Building Like Moses with Jacobs in Mind"
Contemporary Planning in New York City
Scott Larson(Author)
Temple University Press,U.S.
Published on 10. May 2013
Book
Hardback
198 pages
978-1-4399-0969-0 (ISBN)
Description
How New York's mayor
Reviews / Votes
"Larson brilliantly dissects Bloomberg's tenure as Mayor of New York (particularly the first two terms), focusing on how the administration used the prevailing legacies of Moses and Jacobs to get what they wanted done... [T]his book raises a flag as to what that legacy should be, as well as to what his successor should really focus on."--A Weekly Dose of Architecture, August 12th 2013 "The book is an excellent brief about the state of affairs of planning in New York City in the past decade... there are many interesting insights in this readable monograph. Summing Up: Recommended." - ChoiceMore details
Series
Edition
New
Language
English
Place of publication
Philadelphia PA
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
408 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4399-0969-0 (9781439909690)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Scott Larson is an independent scholar who has taught geography and urban studies at Vassar College, Queens College, and Hunter College.
Content
Acknowledgments
1 Jacobs versus Moses: A Fight for the City's Soul
2 The "Patron Saint" and the "Git'r Done Man"
3 The Bloomberg Practice
4 Calls for a New Moses
5 Planning and the Narrative of Threat
6 The Armature for Development
7 Ideas That Converge
8 Ideas That Travel
9 Design as Civic Virtue
10 Building Like Moses with Jacobs in Mind
Notes
References
Index
1 Jacobs versus Moses: A Fight for the City's Soul
2 The "Patron Saint" and the "Git'r Done Man"
3 The Bloomberg Practice
4 Calls for a New Moses
5 Planning and the Narrative of Threat
6 The Armature for Development
7 Ideas That Converge
8 Ideas That Travel
9 Design as Civic Virtue
10 Building Like Moses with Jacobs in Mind
Notes
References
Index