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Downtown, Inc. : how America rebuilds cities. / Bernard J. Frieden, Lynne B. Sagalyn. txt

Por: Colaborador(es): Cambridge, Mass. : London, England : The MIT Press , 1989Descripción: xiv, 382 p., [40] p. of plates ill. ; 23 cmTipo de contenido:
  • text
Tipo de medio:
  • unmediaded
Tipo de soporte:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780262560597
Tema(s): Clasificación CDD:
  • 307.3/4216/0973 20
Clasificación LoC:
  • HT175 F75 1989
Contenidos:
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 --
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Pioneering observers of the urban landscape Bernard Frieden and Lynne Sagalyn delve into the inner workings of the exciting new public entrepreneurship and public-private partnerships that have revitalized the downtowns of such cities as Boston, San Diego, Seattle, St. Paul, and Pasadena.

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 --

Notas de autor provistas por Syndetics

Bernard J. Frieden is Class of 1942 Professor in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at MIT and Chairman of the MIT Faculty.

Lynne B. Sagalyn is the Earle W. Kazis and Benjamin Schore Director of the MBA Real Estate Program at the Columbia University Graduate School of Business.
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