The Living City

by Gratz, Roberta Brandes

• ISBN13: 9780891332466
• ISBN10: 0891332464
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1994-09-01
• Publisher: Preservation Pr

Summary

THE LIVING CITY "An intelligent analysis. Sensible, undoctrinaire, even good-humored. An appealing mixture of passion and clinical dispassion."-Washington Post Book World "The best antidote I've read to the doom-and-gloom prophecies concerning the future of urban America."-Bill Moyers "This is fresh and fascinating material; it is essential for understanding not only how to avoid repeating terrible mistakes of the past, but also how to recover from them."-Jane Jacobs, author of The Death and Life of Great American Cities From coast to coast across America there are countless urban success stories about rejuvenated neighborhoods and resurgent business districts. Roberta Brandes Gratz defines the phenomenon as "urban husbandry"-the care, management, and preservation of the built environment nurtured by genuine participatory planning efforts of government, urban planners, and average citizens.

Table of Contents

Thinking Small in a Big Way

Process Is People

Savannah's Victorian District

Gentrification and Displacement

Winning Skirmishes, Losing Wars

Understanding the Lessons

Urban Husbandry: The Economy of Wisdom

Planned Shrinkage: The Economy of Waste

Urban Dispersal

The City Rediscovered

Big Steps, Modestly: The Stories of Ithaca and Corning

Outside, Inside: Burlington and Pittsfield

Avoiding Wrong Lessons: The Remnant Complex vs.Small Improvement, Big Differences

Culprits

Streets Have Value

Old Areas Flourish Anew

The Trojan Horse: Big Plans, Big Mistakes

The Past Over and Over Again

The Question Is Why: Concrete Bunker or Else

Epilogue

Notes

Index

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