A good place to do business : the politics of downtown renewal since 1945 / / Roger Biles and Mark H. Rose
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| Autore: |
Biles Roger <1950->
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| Titolo: |
A good place to do business : the politics of downtown renewal since 1945 / / Roger Biles and Mark H. Rose
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| Pubblicazione: | Philadelphia : , : Temple University Press, , [2022] |
| ©2022 | |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (360 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 307.760973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Urban policy - United States |
| Persona (resp. second.): | RoseMark H. <1942-> |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Part I: Introduction: Downtown Politics after World War II. Chapter 1: St. Louis, Stan "The Man" Musial, and the Politics of Destruction -- Chapter 2: Arthur Rubloff and the Grinding Politics of Renewal in Chicago, 1947-1986 -- Chapter 3: William L. Rafsky and the Greater Philadelphia Movement, 1951-1985 -- Chapter 4: Albert E. Cobo's Detroit, Ernest J. Bohn's Cleveland, and Expressway Politics -- Part II: Refashioning the American City, 1970-2000. Chapter 5: George V. Voinovich and the Pursuit of Business in Cleveland -- Chapter 6: Coleman Young and Gambling on Detroit -- Chapter 7: Florence Scala, Mel Ravitz, and the People Left Behind in Five U.S. Cities -- Part III: Downtown's Continuing Allure, 2000-2020. Chapter 8: Richard M. Daley and Chicago's Thriving Downtown -- Chapter 9: Big City Hospitals: From Urban Renewal to the Next Growth Machine -- Chapter 10: "Gilbertville," "Ilitchville," and the Redevelopment of Detroit. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | "This book looks at the politics of downtown business promotion as an urban renewal strategy from the end of World War II to the present, with a focus on five case cities: Philadelphia, Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis, and Cleveland"-- |
| Titolo autorizzato: | A good place to do business |
| ISBN: | 1-4399-2083-4 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910817357503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Urban life, landscape, and policy.