Block by Block Jane Jacobs and the Future of New York

Description

Block by Block is a far-ranging collection of essays about Jane Jacobs from an impressive group of writers and cultural critics including Marshall Berman, Malcolm Gladwell, Adam Gopnik, Paul Goldberger, Tama Janowitz, Ben Katchor, Phillip Lopate, Luc Sante, Bill "Reverend Billy" Talen, Colson Whitehead, and Tom Wolfe. This impressive lineup of contributors discusses the contemporary relevance of Jacobs's ideas about large-scale redevelopment, gentrification, and activism. While their viewpoints on these issues may differ, they continue the important debate begun by Jacobs about the challenges facing New York and other great cities everywhere.

Topics: Planning Movements, City Beautiful, Participation & Empowerment, Visioning, Places & Place Making, City Form, Land Development, Places, Careers & Planning Profession, Planning History, Planning Theory, Spatial Plans, Site Plans, Small Town & Rural Planning, Urban Design, Funtional Plans, Facilities-Infrastruct Planning, Housing Planning, Parks & Recreation Planning, Other Publishers

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