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THE LIVING CITY

"An intelligent analysis. Sensible, undoctrinaire, evengood-humored. An appealing mixture of passion and clinicaldispassion."
-Washington Post Book World

"The best antidote I've read to the doom-and-gloom propheciesconcerning the future of urban America."
-Bill Moyers

"This is fresh and fascinating material; it is essential forunderstanding not only how to avoid repeating terrible mistakes ofthe past, but also how to recover from them."
-Jane Jacobs, author of The Death and Life of Great AmericanCities

From coast to coast across America there are countless urbansuccess stories about rejuvenated neighborhoods and resurgentbusiness districts. Roberta Brandes Gratz defines the phenomenon as"urban husbandry"-the care, management, and preservation of thebuilt environment nurtured by genuine participatory planningefforts of government, urban planners, and average citizens.

The Living City: How America's Cities Are Being Revitalized by Thinking Small in a Big Way

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THE LIVING CITY "An intelligent analysis. Sensible, undoctrinaire, evengood-humored. An appealing mixture of passion and clinicaldispassion." -Washington Post Book World... Read more

    Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
    Publication Date: 08/11/1995
    ISBN13: 9780471144250, 978-0471144250
    ISBN10: 0471144258

    Number of Pages: 448

    Non Fiction , Art & Photography

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    THE LIVING CITY

    "An intelligent analysis. Sensible, undoctrinaire, evengood-humored. An appealing mixture of passion and clinicaldispassion."
    -Washington Post Book World

    "The best antidote I've read to the doom-and-gloom propheciesconcerning the future of urban America."
    -Bill Moyers

    "This is fresh and fascinating material; it is essential forunderstanding not only how to avoid repeating terrible mistakes ofthe past, but also how to recover from them."
    -Jane Jacobs, author of The Death and Life of Great AmericanCities

    From coast to coast across America there are countless urbansuccess stories about rejuvenated neighborhoods and resurgentbusiness districts. Roberta Brandes Gratz defines the phenomenon as"urban husbandry"-the care, management, and preservation of thebuilt environment nurtured by genuine participatory planningefforts of government, urban planners, and average citizens.

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