{"product_id":"building-like-moses-with-jacobs-in-mind-9781439909690","title":"Building Like Moses with Jacobs in Mind","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow New York's mayor's urban development plans rely on a blending of Moses and Jacobs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e1   Jacobs versus Moses: A Fight for the City’s Soul\u003cbr\u003e2   The “Patron Saint” and the “Git’r Done Man”\u003cbr\u003e3   The Bloomberg Practice\u003cbr\u003e4   Calls for a New Moses\u003cbr\u003e5   Planning and the Narrative of Threat\u003cbr\u003e6   The Armature for Development\u003cbr\u003e7   Ideas That Converge\u003cbr\u003e8   Ideas That Travel\u003cbr\u003e9   Design as Civic Virtue\u003cbr\u003e10  Building Like Moses with Jacobs in Mind\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNotes \u003cbr\u003eReferences \u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Temple University Press,U.S.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408307331415,"sku":"9781439909690","price":64.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781439909690.jpg?v=1730502375","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/building-like-moses-with-jacobs-in-mind-9781439909690","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}