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Color & b/w Photos. Near Fine + A fresh look at the greatest builder in the history of New York City and one of its most controversial figures. “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. Robert Moses and the Modern City captures research undertaken in the last three decades and will stimulate a new round of debate.
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Good/Good (ex-library with labels and stamps on spine, dj block, inside front and rear covers and title page. Shelfwear to boards and block. Internal hinges are loose but holding. Mylar cover has a large tear on front. ) Red cloth boards with yellow spine lettering; color illustrated dust jacket, mylar cover; color illustrated title page; 336 pp; bw and color illustrations, maps and plans. "This book is published in conjunction with the three-part exhibition 'Robert Moses and the modern city'"--Title page verso. Contents include: 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. "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.
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Good in good dust jacket. Good book. Good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 304 p. Contains: Illustrations. All pages and cover are intact. Pages may have dog-ears. Possible slight loose binding or cocked spine. Cover may have creases, deep chips, scuffs, and scratches. The edges and corners may have a good amount of bumps and wear. Book may contain highlighting/underlining, markings or signed by the previous owner. Book may be Ex Library and have stickers, remainder marks, and library pockets. Used copy so book does not contain unused access codes or have the accompanying CD. Dust Jacket may have price clipped. There might be creases and scratches on the cover. The edges and corners may have deep chips, or long tears, and wear. There may be writing or stains on the dust jacket.
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Good. Pages are clean! The cover has visible markings and wear. They may be stickers or sticker residue on the cover. There are stains or residue on the cover Fast Shipping-Each order powers our free bookstore in Chicago and sending books to Africa!
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Fine in Fine jacket. Book. 4to-over 9¾-12" tall. Price NOT clipped, DJ nicely in archival wraps. Minimal shelf wear/interior clean. Stated first edition and first numberline printing. Illustrated.
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Hardcover in dust jacket. Clean text-NO writing, NO highlighting to text. Book is VG. Some light wear to dust jacket with rubbing at head and foot of spine end with two small chips at head of spine. Very good/VG-. Oversized. Clean text--NO writing, NO highlighting to text. PLEASE NOTE: Domestic US media (standard) US orders ONLY. NO international orders.