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

Author: Anthony Flint
Publisher: New York : Random House, ©2009.
Edition/Format:  Print book : Biography : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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Documents the 1968 clash between activist writer Jane Jacobs and urban-planning giant Robert Moses over a planned expressway in New York City, exploring how Jacobs' eventual victory reshaped the ways in which people respond to urban renewal projects.
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Genre/Form: Biographies
History
Biography
Named Person: Jane Jacobs; Robert Moses; Jane Jacobs; Robert Moses; Jane Jacobs; Robert Moses
Material Type: Biography, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Anthony Flint
ISBN: 9781400066742 1400066743
OCLC Number: 427050603
Description: xvii, 231 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
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.
Responsibility: Anthony Flint.

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Documents the 1968 clash between activist writer Jane Jacobs and urban-planning giant Robert Moses over a planned expressway in New York City, exploring how Jacobs' eventual victory reshaped the ways in which people respond to urban renewal projects.

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<http:\/\/viaf.org\/viaf\/119824316<\/a>> # Anthony Flint<\/span>\n\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0a \nschema:Person<\/a> ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:birthDate<\/a> \"1962<\/span>\" ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:familyName<\/a> \"Flint<\/span>\" ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:givenName<\/a> \"Anthony<\/span>\" ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:name<\/a> \"Anthony Flint<\/span>\" ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0.\n\n\n<\/div>\n
<http:\/\/viaf.org\/viaf\/52866196<\/a>> # Robert Moses<\/span>\n\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0a \nschema:Person<\/a> ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:birthDate<\/a> \"1888<\/span>\" ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:deathDate<\/a> \"1981<\/span>\" ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:familyName<\/a> \"Moses<\/span>\" ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:givenName<\/a> \"Robert<\/span>\" ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:name<\/a> \"Robert Moses<\/span>\" ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0.\n\n\n<\/div>\n
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