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Tag: Roberta Brandes Gratz
Book Review: The Living City by Roberta Brandes Gratz
The Living City is an invaluable resource for those wishing to know more about the power that small projects have in improving a city.
Alexis de Tocqueville on the Power of Citizen Initiative
In a local community [in the United States] a citizen may concieve of some need whcih is not being met…
10 Urban Visionaries Who Aren’t Jane Jacobs
While Jane Jacobs remains the grand dame of urbanists, she inspired a robust urban movement. Here are ten visionaries who are continuing her legacy.
To Read: The Battle For Gotham
An excerpt from “The Battle for Gotham: New York in the Shadow of Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs” by urban critic and journalist Roberta Brandes Gratz