Wrestling with Moses: How Jane Jacobs Took On New York's Master Builder and Transformed the American City
Anthony Flint explores Jane Jacobs's confrontation with Robert Moses, New York's master builder, and the larger struggle over how cities should grow. Centered on a defining chapter in urban history, the book shows how this conflict helped transform ideas about development and the future of American cities.
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Wrestling with Moses examines the clash between Jane Jacobs and New York's master builder, Robert Moses.
Anthony Flint presents this conflict as a pivotal episode in the history of American cities.
The book focuses on Jacobs's challenge to powerful urban planning and development practices.
It offers readers a perspective on the forces that transformed New York and influenced the direction of urban America.
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