Learning from Bryant Park : Revitalizing Cities, Towns, and Public Spaces /

By the 1970s, 42nd Street in New York was widely perceived to be unsafe, a neighborhood thought to be populated largely by drug dealers, porn shops, and muggers. But in 1979, civic leaders developed a long-term vision for revitalizing one especially blighted block, Bryant Park. The reopening of the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Manshel, Andrew M. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2020]
Temas:
City planning > New York (State) > New York.
Civic improvement > New York (State) > New York.
Economic development > New York (State) > New York.
Parks > New York (State) > New York.
Public spaces > New York (State) > New York.
Urban renewal > New York (State) > New York.
ARCHITECTURE / General.
Revitalizing Cities, Revitaliing Towns, Public spaces, Jacobs, Whyte, Bryant Park, Jamaica, Queens, Urban Revitalization, Homelessness, Equity, Creative Placemaking, Economic Development, Artists, Operating, Programming, Mistakes, Improving, sidewalks, downtown streets, New York City, State, General Interest, Urban Studies, Regional, Public Policy, Adaptive Reuse, Renovation, Adaptation, drug dealers, porn shops, muggers., populated, Andrews M. Marshalls, civic leaders, midtown Manhattan, urban policy, urbanist theory, Creativity, Creative Communities, Architecture, Landscapes.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Chapter 1. JACOBS, WHYTE, BRYANT PARK, JAMAICA, QUEENS, AND THE RETURN TO THE CENTER
  • Chapter 2. THE BASIC STRATEGIES OF PLACEMAKING
  • Chapter 3. WHY BRYANT PARK IS IMPORTANT
  • Chapter 4. THE ROLE OF BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN URBAN REVITALIZATION
  • Chapter 5. OPERATING PUBLIC SPACES
  • Chapter 6. PROGRAMMING PUBLIC SPACES
  • Chapter 7. LEARNING FROM YOUR MISTAKES
  • Chapter 8. IMPROVING DOWNTOWN STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
  • Chapter 9. SUBURBAN MAIN STREETS
  • Chapter 10. HOMELESSNESS AND EQUITY IN PUBLIC SPACES
  • Chapter 11. ARTISTS, DOWNTOWNS, AND CREATIVE PLACEMAKING
  • Chapter 12. REAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
  • Chapter 13. DOWNTOWN JAMAICA
  • Chapter 14. REVITALIZING SMALLER TOWNS AND SPACES
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • APPENDIX
  • NOTES
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX
  • ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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