{"product_id":"cities-back-from-the-edge-new-life-for-downtown-paperback-softback-9780471361244","title":"Cities Back from the Edge; New Life for Downtown (Paperback \/ softback) 9780471361244","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCities Back from the Edge\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eNew Life for Downtown\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRoberta Brandes Gratz (Author), Norman Mintz (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780471361244, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 8 February 2000\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e376 pages\u003cbr\u003e25.7 x 17.9 x 2.5 cm, 0.656 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn Cities Back from the Edge, Gratz and Mintz offer a love song for the city...their volume, attractively packaged and richly illustrated, is really a cookbook for downtown revitalization. It turns out the most valuable contribution to urban understanding of the year isn't only a book, it's also a bumper sticker: Think globally, act locally.\"--The Wall Street Journal\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Cities Back From the Edge was featured again in The New York Times. Frank Rich writes, \"In their new book persuasively arguing for less grandiose, more indigenous urban renewal, Roberta Brandes Gratz and Norman Mintz write that a 'collection of visitor attractions does not add up to a city' whether those attractions are cultural centers, convention centers, aquariums, stadiums or enclosed malls.\"--The New York Times\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"...provides a fascinating insight into the US Urban Design scenario...\" (Urban Design, Autumn 2001)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"A love song for the city . . . [this] volume, attractivelypackaged and richly illustrated, is really a cookbook for downtownrevitalization.\" --Wall Street Journal\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In this pioneering book on successful urban recovery, two urbanexperts draw on their firsthand observations of downtown changeacross the country to identify a flexible, effective approach tourban rejuvenation. From transportation planning and sprawlcontainment to the threat of superstore retailers, they address ahost of key issues facing our cities today.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Roberta Brandes Gratz (New York, NY), an award-winning journalistand urban critic, is author of the urban design classic The LivingCity. A former staff reporter for the New York Post, Gratz haswritten for the New York Times Magazine and other publications.Norman Mintz (New York, NY) has played a leading role in the fieldof downtown revitalization for more than twenty-five years. He isDesign Director at the 34th Street Partnership in New York City anda consultant on downtown revitalization across the country.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWHERE ARE WE?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Mansfield, Ohio--Getting Off the Big Project Merry-Go-Round.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Mess We Have Made.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Project Planning or Urban Husbandry--The Choice.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e TRANSPORTATION AND PLACE.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Death and Rebirth of the Public Realm.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Rebuilding Place, Valuing Transit.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Undoing Sprawl.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e BIG, LITTLE, AND PREDATOR.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Free Competition or No Competition?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e You Don't Have to Be Wal-Mart to Be Wal-Mart.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e To Market, To Market.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e DOWNTOWN ESSENTIALS.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Public Buildings, Public Policies.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Back to Basics.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Investing in People.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e IT'S HAPPENING.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The SoHo Syndrome.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Back from the Edge.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Architecture [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Architecture\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Architecture%20%5BAM%5D%22\"\u003eAM\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52293394170136,"sku":"9780471361244","price":32.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780471361244.jpg?v=1781639563","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/cities-back-from-the-edge-new-life-for-downtown-paperback-softback-9780471361244","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}