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How New York's mayor's urban development plans rely on a blending of Moses and Jacobs

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"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." - Choice

Table of Contents
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

Building Like Moses with Jacobs in Mind

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      Publisher Temple University Press,U.S.
      Published 10 May 2013
      ISBN-13 9781439909690
      978-1439909690
      ISBN-10 1439909695
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      Urban and municipal planning and policy

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      How New York's mayor's urban development plans rely on a blending of Moses and Jacobs

      Trade Review
      "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." - Choice

      Table of Contents
      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

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