Cities Back from the Edge: New Life for Downtown"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. |
Contents
Mansfield Ohio | 9 |
The Mess We Have Made | 33 |
Project Planning or Urban Husbandry | 59 |
Death and Rebirth of the Public Realm | 87 |
Rebuilding Place Valuing Transit | 113 |
Undoing Sprawl | 139 |
Free Competition or No Competition? | 169 |
You Dont Have to Be WalMart to Be WalMart | 195 |
To Market To Market | 209 |
Public Buildings Public Policies | 235 |
Back to Basics | 251 |
Investing in People | 273 |
The SoHo Syndrome | 295 |
Back from the Edge | 325 |
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