Introduction: a clash of visions-then and now -- The way things were -- Landmarks preservation: precursor of positive change -- Greenwich Village: Jacobs, Moses, and me -- Soho: a Moses defeat, a Jacobs victory -- Reconsidering Robert Moses: what's to reconsider? -- The factory: the secret life of New York industry -- The Upper West Side: what Moses couldn't kill -- Westway: a conversation with Jane Jacobs -- Big things get done -- Conclusion: their shadows still hover.
