Cities Back from the Edge : New Life for Downtown, Paperback by Gratz, Robert...

by Norman Mintz, Roberta Brandes Gratz

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Cities Back from the Edge : New Life for Downtown, Paperback by Gratz, Roberta Brandes; Mintz, Norman, ISBN 0471361240, ISBN-13 9780471361244, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US "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 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.

• Publisher: Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
• Year: 2000
• Binding: Paperback
• ISBN: 9780471361244
• Condition: Fine

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