{"product_id":"shaping-a-city-9781501730146","title":"Shaping a City","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePicture your downtown vacant, boarded up, while the malls surrounding your city are thriving. What would you do?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1974 the politicians, merchants, community leaders, and business and property owners, of Ithaca, New York, joined together to transform main street into a pedestrian mall. Cornell University began an Industrial Research Park to keep and attract jobs. Developers began renovating run-down housing. City Planners crafted a long-range plan utilizing State legislation permitting a Business Improvement District (BID), with taxing authority to raise up to 20 percent of the City tax rate focused on downtown redevelopment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eShaping a City\u003c\/i\u003e is the behind-the-scenes story of one developer's involvement, from first buying and renovating small houses, gradually expanding his thinking and projects to include a recognition of the interdependence of the entire cityjobs, infrastructure, retail, housing, industry, taxation, banking and City Planning. It is the story of h\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eShaping a City\u003c\/i\u003e is an excellent historical perspective of downtown Ithaca's revitalization efforts since 1971 through the eyes of an active local developer and civic leader... It is refreshing to read a civic-minded developer discuss- ing redevelopment history. I hope that this book stimulates more stories from developers perhaps with the assistance of scholars.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Terry Farris * Journal of Urban Affairs *","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409333363031,"sku":"9781501730146","price":24.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781501730146.jpg?v=1730506456","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/shaping-a-city-9781501730146","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}