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Walking the Streets/Walking the Projects is an insightful exploration of the remnants of a social democratic America and a thought-provoking argument about its future.
The book traces the rise of a 1960s urban ideology that celebrated bottom-up, organic city development while criticising state-led planning that resulted in lifeless, sterile "projects." Using walking as a method, the author tests these ideas across New York City, with a brief interlude in Washington, DC, examining a wide array of urban developments.
Key areas explored:
- Cultural complexes in Manhattan
- New Deal-era public housing in Brooklyn, Harlem, and Queens
- Roosevelt Island’s social experiment
- Communist housing co-operatives in the Bronx
- Union-led rebuilding of the Lower East Side
- DC's Metro system
By walking through these spaces, the book reveals that, despite their flaws, fragments of a more equal society were built in the past and continue to thrive today. Walking the Streets/Walking the Projects asks what lessons a new generation of American socialists might learn from these surviving social democratic enclaves as they envision a better future.
Walking the Streets/Walking the Projects is an insightful exploration of the remnants of a social democratic America and a thought-provoking argument about its future.
The book traces the rise of a 1960s urban ideology that celebrated bottom-up, organic city development while criticising state-led planning that resulted in lifeless, sterile "projects." Using walking as a method, the author tests these ideas across New York City, with a brief interlude in Washington, DC, examining a wide array of urban developments.
Key areas explored:
- Cultural complexes in Manhattan
- New Deal-era public housing in Brooklyn, Harlem, and Queens
- Roosevelt Island’s social experiment
- Communist housing co-operatives in the Bronx
- Union-led rebuilding of the Lower East Side
- DC's Metro system
By walking through these spaces, the book reveals that, despite their flaws, fragments of a more equal society were built in the past and continue to thrive today. Walking the Streets/Walking the Projects asks what lessons a new generation of American socialists might learn from these surviving social democratic enclaves as they envision a better future.
| Genre: | Importe |
|---|---|
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | Einband - flex.(Paperback) |
| ISBN-13: | 9781915672445 |
| ISBN-10: | 1915672449 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Hatherley, Owen |
| Hersteller: | Watkins Media |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
| Maße: | 196 x 128 x 18 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Owen Hatherley |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 11.06.2024 |
| Gewicht: | 0,262 kg |
| Genre: | Importe |
|---|---|
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | Einband - flex.(Paperback) |
| ISBN-13: | 9781915672445 |
| ISBN-10: | 1915672449 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Hatherley, Owen |
| Hersteller: | Watkins Media |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
| Maße: | 196 x 128 x 18 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Owen Hatherley |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 11.06.2024 |
| Gewicht: | 0,262 kg |
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