Cities Back from the Edge: New Life for Downtown / Edition 1

Cities Back from the Edge: New Life for Downtown / Edition 1

by Roberta Brandes Gratz, Norman Mintz
ISBN-10:
0471361240
ISBN-13:
9780471361244
Pub. Date:
01/27/2000
Publisher:
Wiley
ISBN-10:
0471361240
ISBN-13:
9780471361244
Pub. Date:
01/27/2000
Publisher:
Wiley
Cities Back from the Edge: New Life for Downtown / Edition 1

Cities Back from the Edge: New Life for Downtown / Edition 1

by Roberta Brandes Gratz, Norman Mintz
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Overview

"A love song for the city . . . [this] volume, attractivelypackaged and richly illustrated, is really a cookbook for downtownrevitalization." —Wall Street Journal

In this pioneering book on successful urban recovery, two urbanexperts draw on their firsthand observations of downtown changeacross the country to identify a flexible, effective approach tourban rejuvenation. From transportation planning and sprawlcontainment to the threat of superstore retailers, they address ahost of key issues facing our cities today.

Roberta Brandes Gratz (New York, NY), an award-winning journalistand urban critic, is author of the urban design classic The LivingCity. A former staff reporter for the New York Post, Gratz haswritten for the New York Times Magazine and other publications.Norman Mintz (New York, NY) has played a leading role in the fieldof downtown revitalization for more than twenty-five years. He isDesign Director at the 34th Street Partnership in New York City anda consultant on downtown revitalization across the country.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780471361244
Publisher: Wiley
Publication date: 01/27/2000
Edition description: Revised ed.
Pages: 376
Product dimensions: 7.05(w) x 10.12(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

ROBERTA BRANDES GRATZ, the award-winning journalist and urban critic, is author of the urban design classic The Living City: Thinking Small in a Big Way. A former staff reporter for the New York Post, Gratz has also written for The Wall Street Journal, New York Newsday, The Nation, The New York Times Magazine, and other publications.

NORMAN MINTZ has played a leading role in the field of downtown revitalization for more than 25 years. He is Design Director at the Grand Central Partnership in New York City and a consultant on downtown revitalization across the country.

Table of Contents

WHERE ARE WE?

Mansfield, Ohio—Getting Off the Big Project Merry-Go-Round.

The Mess We Have Made.

Project Planning or Urban Husbandry—The Choice.

TRANSPORTATION AND PLACE.

Death and Rebirth of the Public Realm.

Rebuilding Place, Valuing Transit.

Undoing Sprawl.

BIG, LITTLE, AND PREDATOR.

Free Competition or No Competition?

You Don't Have to Be Wal-Mart to Be Wal-Mart.

To Market, To Market.

DOWNTOWN ESSENTIALS.

Public Buildings, Public Policies.

Back to Basics.

Investing in People.

IT'S HAPPENING.

The SoHo Syndrome.

Conclusion: Back from the Edge.

Index.
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