- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- March 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780226042930
- eISBN:
- 9780226042954
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226042954.003.0006
- Subject:
- History, American History: 20th Century
This chapter discusses the lesson that can be learned by urban redevelopment in Chicago and comments on the alternative scenarios offered in Richard Florida's The Rise of the Creative Class and ...
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This chapter discusses the lesson that can be learned by urban redevelopment in Chicago and comments on the alternative scenarios offered in Richard Florida's The Rise of the Creative Class and Douglas Rae's City: Urbanism and Its End. The analysis of these books reveals that continued relevance of Jane Jacobs and Lewis Mumford as guides to understanding contemporary cities. This chapter evaluates the degree to which Florida and Rae's perspectives represent prescient accounts of future American urbanism.Less
This chapter discusses the lesson that can be learned by urban redevelopment in Chicago and comments on the alternative scenarios offered in Richard Florida's The Rise of the Creative Class and Douglas Rae's City: Urbanism and Its End. The analysis of these books reveals that continued relevance of Jane Jacobs and Lewis Mumford as guides to understanding contemporary cities. This chapter evaluates the degree to which Florida and Rae's perspectives represent prescient accounts of future American urbanism.
Peter H. Christensen (ed.)
- Published in print:
- 2020
- Published Online:
- May 2021
- ISBN:
- 9781501749766
- eISBN:
- 9781501749797
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Cornell University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7591/cornell/9781501749766.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, American History: 20th Century
This book is a diverse set of twelve cutting-edge chapters that highlight the outsized importance of Buffalo, New York, within the story of American urbanism. The chapters consider the history of ...
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This book is a diverse set of twelve cutting-edge chapters that highlight the outsized importance of Buffalo, New York, within the story of American urbanism. The chapters consider the history of Buffalo's built environment in light of contemporary developments and in relationship to the evolving interplay between nature, industry, and architecture. The chapters examine Buffalo's architectural heritage in rich context: the Second Industrial Revolution; the City Beautiful movement; world's fairs; grain, railroad, and shipping industries; urban renewal and so-called white flight; and the larger networks of labor and production that set the city's economic fate. The book pays attention to currents that connect contemporary architectural work in Buffalo to the legacies established by its esteemed architectural founders: Richardson, Olmsted, Adler, Sullivan, Bethune, Wright, Saarinen, and others. The book is a compelling introduction to Buffalo's architecture and developed landscape that frames discussion about the city.Less
This book is a diverse set of twelve cutting-edge chapters that highlight the outsized importance of Buffalo, New York, within the story of American urbanism. The chapters consider the history of Buffalo's built environment in light of contemporary developments and in relationship to the evolving interplay between nature, industry, and architecture. The chapters examine Buffalo's architectural heritage in rich context: the Second Industrial Revolution; the City Beautiful movement; world's fairs; grain, railroad, and shipping industries; urban renewal and so-called white flight; and the larger networks of labor and production that set the city's economic fate. The book pays attention to currents that connect contemporary architectural work in Buffalo to the legacies established by its esteemed architectural founders: Richardson, Olmsted, Adler, Sullivan, Bethune, Wright, Saarinen, and others. The book is a compelling introduction to Buffalo's architecture and developed landscape that frames discussion about the city.
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- March 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780226560120
- eISBN:
- 9780226560144
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226560144.003.0001
- Subject:
- History, American History: 20th Century
This introductory chapter discusses the theme of this book, which is about the jobs problem and liberalism in postwar Philadelphia. It describes the postwar local liberalism in Philadelphia that ...
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This introductory chapter discusses the theme of this book, which is about the jobs problem and liberalism in postwar Philadelphia. It describes the postwar local liberalism in Philadelphia that adapted to the New Deal and the wartime tradition of economic engagement for postwar conditions, and which focused the power of the state on questions of economic structure and employment. The chapter also argues that the loss of manufacturing jobs posed a fundamental quandary not just for Philadelphia but for American urbanism generally.Less
This introductory chapter discusses the theme of this book, which is about the jobs problem and liberalism in postwar Philadelphia. It describes the postwar local liberalism in Philadelphia that adapted to the New Deal and the wartime tradition of economic engagement for postwar conditions, and which focused the power of the state on questions of economic structure and employment. The chapter also argues that the loss of manufacturing jobs posed a fundamental quandary not just for Philadelphia but for American urbanism generally.
Emily Talen
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- April 2019
- ISBN:
- 9780190907495
- eISBN:
- 9780190907525
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780190907495.003.0001
- Subject:
- History, American History: 20th Century, Cultural History
This introduction provides a general overview of the book’s main themes. A central argument is that there are basic commonalities about neighborhoods that span historical and global contexts. ...
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This introduction provides a general overview of the book’s main themes. A central argument is that there are basic commonalities about neighborhoods that span historical and global contexts. Following the decline of traditional neighborhood structure starting in the early 20th century, Western planners worked to plan the neighborhood back into existence, and that’s when debates about neighborhoods began: about social mix, serviceability, self-containment, centeredness, and connectivity within and without. The book offers a proposal to move past argumentation in hopes of better defining and operationalizing the “everyday neighborhood.” The proposal leverages what is known about neighborhoods, not only historically and globally, but also after a century of argument about their meaning and form in the modern American city.Less
This introduction provides a general overview of the book’s main themes. A central argument is that there are basic commonalities about neighborhoods that span historical and global contexts. Following the decline of traditional neighborhood structure starting in the early 20th century, Western planners worked to plan the neighborhood back into existence, and that’s when debates about neighborhoods began: about social mix, serviceability, self-containment, centeredness, and connectivity within and without. The book offers a proposal to move past argumentation in hopes of better defining and operationalizing the “everyday neighborhood.” The proposal leverages what is known about neighborhoods, not only historically and globally, but also after a century of argument about their meaning and form in the modern American city.