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The Living City

The Living City

How America's Cities Are Being Revitalized by Thinking Small in a Big Way

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  • Release Date: 08/11/1995
  • Barcode: 9780471144250
  • Imprint: Wiley
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
The Living City

The Living City

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How America's Cities Are Being Revitalized by Thinking Small in a Big Way
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.
THE LIVING CITY

"An intelligent analysis. Sensible, undoctrinaire, evengood-humored. An appealing mixture of passion and clinicaldispassion."
-Washington Post Book World

"The best antidote I've read to the doom-and-gloom propheciesconcerning the future of urban America."
-Bill Moyers

"This is fresh and fascinating material; it is essential forunderstanding not only how to avoid repeating terrible mistakes ofthe past, but also how to recover from them."
-Jane Jacobs, author of The Death and Life of Great AmericanCities

From coast to coast across America there are countless urbansuccess stories about rejuvenated neighborhoods and resurgentbusiness districts. Roberta Brandes Gratz defines the phenomenon as"urban husbandry"-the care, management, and preservation of thebuilt environment nurtured by genuine participatory planningefforts of government, urban planners, and average citizens.

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