{"product_id":"rebuilding-the-american-city-9781138798144","title":"Rebuilding the American City","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eUrban redevelopment in American cities is neither easy nor quick. It takes a delicate alignment of goals, power, leadership and sustained advocacy on the part of many. \u003ci\u003eRebuilding the American City\u003c\/i\u003e highlights 15 urban design and planning projects in the U.S. that have been catalysts for their downtownsyet were implemented during the tumultuous start of the 21\u003csup\u003est\u003c\/sup\u003e century. The book presents five paradigms for redevelopment and a range of perspectives on the complexities, successes and challenges inherent to rebuilding American cities today. \u003ci\u003eRebuilding the American City \u003c\/i\u003eis essential reading for practitioners and students in urban design, planning, and public policy looking for diverse models of urban transformation to create resilient urban cores.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"There’s plenty to like in \u003cem\u003eRebuilding the American City: Design and Strategy for the 21st Century Urban Core\u003c\/em\u003e...After a succinct introduction, 15 U.S. case studies show both the public side and the messy underside of rebuilding key parts of cities....This book is the real deal, worth a dozen thinly disguised puff pieces and not to be confused with them.\" -- \u003cem\u003eHarold Henderson, Planning Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Transforming our cities, building a bridge to a more sustainable and productive way of life, is both essential and hard work. This book provides a highly informative account of how 15 US cities succeeded by leveraging their key assets – anchor institutions, natural features, existing momentum, obsolescent lands and transit investment – to do so.\" –\u003cem\u003eKen Greenberg, Greenberg Consultants\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Without ignoring issues of equity and displacement, \u003ci\u003eRebuilding American Cities \u003c\/i\u003ecelebrates the inventiveness of cities as they leverage the assets of the city by breaking down barriers, blurring boundaries, and building connections. In an age when government no longer leads in rebuilding cities, the authors tell the behind –the-scenes story of how public, private, and nonprofit civic entrepreneurs collaborate to make it happen. \u003ci\u003eRebuilding American Cities \u003c\/i\u003eis essential reading for those who want to know how urban revitalization really happens from the viewpoint of those who actually make it happen.\" –\u003cem\u003eTodd Swanstrom, Des Lee Professor, University of Missouri—St. Louis\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction \u003cb\u003eSection\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e1. \u003c\/b\u003eThe Anchor Institution: Leveraging Stability 1.1 Buffalo, NY—Buffalo Niagara Medical campus 1.2 New Orleans, LA—Tulane City Center 1.3 Philadelphia, PA—University of Pennsylvania PennConnects \u003cb\u003eSection 2. \u003c\/b\u003eThe Urban River: Leveraging a Natural Resource 2.1 Chattanooga, TN—21st Century Waterfront 2.2 Green Bay, WI—CityDeck 2.3 New York, NY—Brooklyn Bridge Park \u003cb\u003eSection 3. \u003c\/b\u003eThe Existing Urban Fabric: Leveraging the Existing Condition 3.1 Saint Louis, MO—Botanical Heights 3.2 San Antonio, TX—Pearl District 3.3 San Francisco, CA—Proxy \u003cb\u003eSection 4. \u003c\/b\u003eThe Urban Park System: Leveraging Underutilized Land and Infrastructure\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e4.1 Atlanta, GA—BeltLine 4.2 Birmingham, AL—Railroad Park 4.3 Houston, TX—Buffalo Bayou \u003cb\u003eSection 5. \u003c\/b\u003eThe Downtown District: Leveraging Proximities and Transit 5.1 Denver, CO—Union Station 5.2 Louisville, KY—West Main Street 5.3 Portland, OR—South Waterfront \u003cb\u003eAppendix: \u003c\/b\u003eMethodology \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407231983959,"sku":"9781138798144","price":58.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781138798144.jpg?v=1730498656","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/rebuilding-the-american-city-9781138798144","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}