The Rise and Fall of Urban Renewal in Cold War New York
by
Samuel Zipp
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2010
Moving beyond the usual good-versus-evil story that pits master-planner Robert Moses against the plucky neighborhood advocate Jane Jacobs, Samuel Zipp sheds new light on the rise and fall of New York's urban renewal in the decades after World War II. Focusing on four iconic "Manhattan projects"--the...