Wrestling with Moses How Jane Jacobs Took on New York's Master Builder and Transformed the American City

Name: Wrestling with Moses How Jane Jacobs Took on New York's Master Builder and Transformed the American City
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ISBN: 9781400066742

ISBN-10: 1400066743

ISBN-13: 9781400066742

Edition: 2009

Authors: Anthony Flint

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The David-and-Goliath story of legendary activist Jane Jacobs's clash with "power broker" Robert Moses, an urban planning battle that forever changed the way we look at cities In 1968, journalist, activist, and writer Jane Jacobs ripped up a stenographer's notes during a public hearing and was charged with inciting a riot. The hearing concerned the proposed Lower Manhattan Expressway, a 350-foot wide, fifty-foot-high viaduct that would have linked the East and West sides of Manhattan. The expressway was the final puzzle piece in urban planning giant Robert Moses's vision of a New York City designed to accommodate traffic. But to Jacobs, it was a destructive force that would bruise vital…

Book details

List price: $32.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Random House of Canada
Publication date: 7/28/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English

Anthony Flint has been a journalist for twenty years, primarily for the Boston Globe, covering transportation, land use, planning and development, smart growth, and sprawl. His articles have also appeared in the Boston Sunday Globe Magazine, Planning, and Landscape Architecture.