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Robert Moses and the Modern City : The Transformation of New York / edited by Hilary Ballon and Kenneth T. Jackson.
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
First edition.
Published/Created
New York : W.W. Norton & Co., [2007]
©2007.
Description
336 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 27 cm
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Subject(s)
City planners
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New York (State)
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New York
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History
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20th century
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Exhibitions
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Municipal officials and employees
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New York (State)
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New York
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History
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20th century
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Exhibitions
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Public works
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New York (State)
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New York
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History
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20th century
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Exhibitions
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New York (N.Y.)
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History
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20th century
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Exhibitions
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Moses, Robert 1888-1981
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Host institution
Queens Museum of Art
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Editor
Ballon, Hilary
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Jackson, Kenneth T.
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Author
Ballon, Hilary
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Jackson, Kenneth T.
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Library of Congress genre(s)
Exhibition catalogs
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Getty AAT genre
exhibition catalogs
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Summary note
"We are rebuilding New York, not dispersing and abandoning it": Robert Moses saw himself on a rescue mission to save the city from obsolescence, decentralization, and decline. His vast building program aimed to modernize urban infrastructure, expand the public realm with extensive recreational facilities, remove blight, and make the city more livable for the middle class. This book offers a fresh look at the physical transformation of New York during Moses's nearly forty-year reign over city building from 1934 to 1968. It is hard to imagine that anyone will ever have the same impact on New York as did Robert Moses. In his various roles in city and state government, he reshaped the fabric of the city, and his legacy continues to touch the lives of all New Yorkers. Revered for most of his life, he is now one of the most controversial figures in the city's history. "Robert Moses and the Modern City" is the first major publication devoted to him since Robert Caro's damning 1974 biography, "The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York." In these pages eight short essays by leading scholars of urban history provide a revised perspective; stunning new photographs offer the first visual record of Moses's far-reaching building program as it stands today; and a comprehensive catalog of his works is illustrated with a wealth of archival records: photographs of buildings, neighborhoods, and landscapes, of parks, pools, and playgrounds, of demolished neighborhoods and replacement housing and urban renewal projects, of bridges and highways; renderings of rejected designs and controversial projects that were defeated; and views of spectacular models that have not been seen since Moses made them for promotional purposes."--Book flap.
Notes
"This book is published in conjunction with the three-part exhibition 'Robert Moses and the modern city'"--Title page verso.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Robert Moses projects : a portfolio / Andrew Moore
Introduction / Hilary Ballon and Kenneth T. Jackson
Robert Moses and the rise of New York : the power broker in perspective / Kenneth T. Jackson
Equipping the public realm : rethinking Robert Moses and recreation / Marta Gutman
Rebuilding New York in the auto age : Robert Moses and his highways / Owen D. Gutfreund
Robert Moses and urban renewal : the Title I program / Hilary Ballon
Robert Moses, race, and the limits of an activist state / Martha Biondi
Revolt of the urbs : Robert Moses and his critics / Robert Fishman
Robert Moses and city planning / Joel Schwartz
Catalog of built work and projects in New York City, 1934-1968 ; Pools
Beaches
Neighborhood playgrounds and parks
City parks
Roads and crossings
Housing and urban renewal
Miscellaneous projects.
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Other title(s)
Transformation of New York
ISBN
9780393732061 ((hardcover))
0393732061 ((hardcover))
9780393732436 ((paperback))
0393732436 ((paperback))
LCCN
2006037123
OCLC
76167277
International Article Number
99816810265
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