Downtown, Inc. : txt how America rebuilds cities. /
Frieden, Bernard J.
Downtown, Inc. : how America rebuilds cities. / txt Bernard J. Frieden, Lynne B. Sagalyn. - xiv, 382 p., [40] p. of plates ill. ; 23 cm. book
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-375).
Preface xi --
1 A Bunch of Nobodies 1 --
Legacy of the Big Stores / Vanishing Crowds --
2 Sanitizing the City 15 --
Alliances: The Pittsburgh Model / Highway Detours / The Urban Renewal Takeover / Tracking the Money / Demolition by the Acre / The Cover-up / Casualty Count --
3 Blueprint for indifference 39 --
Designed for Isolation / Nobody Knows the Rubble I’ve Seen / The freeway Revolt / Losing Urban Renewal / Persuasive Protests / Progress but not Applause --
4 Would the Shopping Mall Play Downtown? 61 --
Sanctuaries for Shopping / Competing with Easy Street / A Tonic for Tired Cities? / Roadblocks / The Gatekeepers / Searching for New Locations --
5 Pasadena: No Bed of Roses 87 --
Inventing a Transplant / Sweetheart Deals / Pledging Future Taxes / Protective Maneuvers / Sharing Troubles --
6 Entrepreneurial Cities and Maverick Developers 107 --
A Landmark in Boston / James Rouse: Mixing Pleasure with Business / A Public Market in Seattle / John Clise: The Coalition Builder / Proving St. Paul’s Competence / George Latimer: The Mayor’s Glue / A porno District in San Diego / Ernest Hahn: Endurance and Flexibility / Gerald Trimble: The Public Sector Developer --
7 Deal Making 133 --
Testing the Waters / Deals to Match Projects / Development by Consensus / City Hall Deal Markers / Coping with Crisis / Negotiable Designs / The Relationship is the Deal --
8 Getting and Spending 155 --
Paying without Pain / The Federal Pipeline: Good to the Last Drop / Digging into Local Resources / Safe Money for Risky Projects / Dovetailing Dollars into Joint Ventures --
9 Open for Business 171 --
Faneuil Hall: Marketing the Unusual / Pike Place: Preserving the Past / Town Square: Making the Setting Special / Horton Plaza: Designing Fantasies --
10 Popular Success and Critical Dismay 199 --
Fear of Commerce / Artificial Environments / Highbrows and Lowbrows --
11 Privatizing the City 215 --
Running Risks: Burbank, St. Paul, Detroit / Setup for Scandal / How Public Is a Mall? / Security at a Price / The Chaining of Main Street --
12 Marketplace Contributions 239 --
Uses of Commercialism / Taming Times Square and Bryant Park / School for Management / The Hiding Hand / Selling Columbus Circle --
13 Downtown Malls and the City Agenda 259 --
Corporate Territory / 250 Empire State Buildings / Lodgings and Lobbies / Conventioneers / The Gentry Come to Town / Stagecraft / Big League Ambitions / Logic in the Patchwork --
14 An Unfinished Renaissance 287 --
Indicting City Hall / Manufacturing Myths: New York and Pittsburgh / Is Development Unfair? / Where is the Opposition? / Bargaining for Downtown Jobs: Baltimore and Boston / Slowing the Pace / The Mall Business / Do Cities Learn? --
Notes 317 --
Sources 323 --
Index 377 --
9780262560597
Urban renewal--United States.
Central business districts--United States.
HT175 / F75 1989
307.3/4216/0973
Downtown, Inc. : how America rebuilds cities. / txt Bernard J. Frieden, Lynne B. Sagalyn. - xiv, 382 p., [40] p. of plates ill. ; 23 cm. book
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-375).
Preface xi --
1 A Bunch of Nobodies 1 --
Legacy of the Big Stores / Vanishing Crowds --
2 Sanitizing the City 15 --
Alliances: The Pittsburgh Model / Highway Detours / The Urban Renewal Takeover / Tracking the Money / Demolition by the Acre / The Cover-up / Casualty Count --
3 Blueprint for indifference 39 --
Designed for Isolation / Nobody Knows the Rubble I’ve Seen / The freeway Revolt / Losing Urban Renewal / Persuasive Protests / Progress but not Applause --
4 Would the Shopping Mall Play Downtown? 61 --
Sanctuaries for Shopping / Competing with Easy Street / A Tonic for Tired Cities? / Roadblocks / The Gatekeepers / Searching for New Locations --
5 Pasadena: No Bed of Roses 87 --
Inventing a Transplant / Sweetheart Deals / Pledging Future Taxes / Protective Maneuvers / Sharing Troubles --
6 Entrepreneurial Cities and Maverick Developers 107 --
A Landmark in Boston / James Rouse: Mixing Pleasure with Business / A Public Market in Seattle / John Clise: The Coalition Builder / Proving St. Paul’s Competence / George Latimer: The Mayor’s Glue / A porno District in San Diego / Ernest Hahn: Endurance and Flexibility / Gerald Trimble: The Public Sector Developer --
7 Deal Making 133 --
Testing the Waters / Deals to Match Projects / Development by Consensus / City Hall Deal Markers / Coping with Crisis / Negotiable Designs / The Relationship is the Deal --
8 Getting and Spending 155 --
Paying without Pain / The Federal Pipeline: Good to the Last Drop / Digging into Local Resources / Safe Money for Risky Projects / Dovetailing Dollars into Joint Ventures --
9 Open for Business 171 --
Faneuil Hall: Marketing the Unusual / Pike Place: Preserving the Past / Town Square: Making the Setting Special / Horton Plaza: Designing Fantasies --
10 Popular Success and Critical Dismay 199 --
Fear of Commerce / Artificial Environments / Highbrows and Lowbrows --
11 Privatizing the City 215 --
Running Risks: Burbank, St. Paul, Detroit / Setup for Scandal / How Public Is a Mall? / Security at a Price / The Chaining of Main Street --
12 Marketplace Contributions 239 --
Uses of Commercialism / Taming Times Square and Bryant Park / School for Management / The Hiding Hand / Selling Columbus Circle --
13 Downtown Malls and the City Agenda 259 --
Corporate Territory / 250 Empire State Buildings / Lodgings and Lobbies / Conventioneers / The Gentry Come to Town / Stagecraft / Big League Ambitions / Logic in the Patchwork --
14 An Unfinished Renaissance 287 --
Indicting City Hall / Manufacturing Myths: New York and Pittsburgh / Is Development Unfair? / Where is the Opposition? / Bargaining for Downtown Jobs: Baltimore and Boston / Slowing the Pace / The Mall Business / Do Cities Learn? --
Notes 317 --
Sources 323 --
Index 377 --
9780262560597
Urban renewal--United States.
Central business districts--United States.
HT175 / F75 1989
307.3/4216/0973