""Building Like Moses with Jacobs in Mind"": Contemporary Planning in New York City
Author:   Scott Larson
Publisher:   Temple University Press,U.S.
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9781439909690


Pages:   198
Publication Date:   10 May 2013
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""Building Like Moses with Jacobs in Mind"": Contemporary Planning in New York City


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How New York's mayor

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Author:   Scott Larson
Publisher:   Temple University Press,U.S.
Imprint:   Temple University Press,U.S.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.408kg
ISBN:  

9781439909690


ISBN 10:   1439909695
Pages:   198
Publication Date:   10 May 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 1   Jacobs versus Moses: A Fight for the City’s Soul 2   The “Patron Saint” and the “Git’r Done Man” 3   The Bloomberg Practice 4   Calls for a New Moses 5   Planning and the Narrative of Threat 6   The Armature for Development 7   Ideas That Converge 8   Ideas That Travel 9   Design as Civic Virtue 10  Building Like Moses with Jacobs in Mind Notes References Index

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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


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


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 Scott Larson is an independent scholar who has taught geography and urban studies at Vassar College, Queens College, and Hunter College.

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