New York for Sale: Community Planning Confronts Global Real Estate (Urban and Industrial Environments)
By Tom Angotti.
Description
Remarkably, grassroots-based community planning flourishes in New York City--the self-proclaimed "real estate capital of the world"--with at least seventy community plans for different neighborhoods throughout the city. Most of these were developed during fierce struggles against gentrification, displacement, and environmental hazards, and most got little or no support from government. In fact, community-based plans in New York far outnumber the land use plans produced by government agencies. In New York for Sale, Tom Angotti tells some of the stories of community planning in New ...
ISBN(s)
0262012472, 9780262012478
