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Author Flint, Anthony, 1962-

Title Wrestling with Moses : how Jane Jacobs took on New York's master builder and transformed the American city / Anthony Flint.

Publication Info. New York : Random House, [2009]
©2009

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 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department  974.71 FLI    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  711 FLINT    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  974.71 F64    Check Shelf
 Rocky Hill, Cora J. Belden Library - Adult Department  974.71 FLINT    Check Shelf
 Southington Library - Adult  711.4092 FLI    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  711.1 FL    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xvii, 231 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction : anarchy and order -- The girl from Scranton -- The master builder -- The battle of Washington Square Park -- Urban renewal in Greenwich Village -- The lower Manhattan expressway -- Epilogue : separate ways.
Summary Documents the 1968 clash between activist writer Jane Jacobs and urban-planning giant Robert Moses over a planned expressway in New York City, exploring how Jacobs' eventual victory reshaped the ways in which people respond to urban renewal projects.
Subject Jacobs, Jane, 1916-2006.
Moses, Robert, 1888-1981.
City planners -- Biography.
City planners -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN 9781400066742 alkaline paper
1400066743 alkaline paper
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