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THE HISTORY AND FUTURE of urban planning outlined with wit and grace in this informative, highly readable book.
Grade: A MINUS
MAKESHIFT METROPOLIS: IDEAS ABOUT CITIES
Simon and Schuster/Spotlight
2011
Tags: A Minus Reviews, Architecture, History, Non-Fiction, Urban Planning
ENGAGING, CLEARLY WRITTEN bio is a love letter to activist Jane Jacobs’s fight vs. overdevelopment in NYC. SOLID B
WRESTLING WITH MOSES: HOW JANE JACOBS TOOK ON NEW YORK’S MASTER BUILDER AND TRANSFORMED THE AMERICAN CITY by Anthony Flint
New York: Random House
July 2009
Grade: SOLID B
Tags: Biography, New York City, Non-Fiction, Politics, Solid B Reviews, Urban Planning