Downtown

Downtown
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Publisher : Yale University Press
Total Pages : 505
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ISBN-10 : 9780300098273
ISBN-13 : 0300098278
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Book Synopsis Downtown by : Robert M. Fogelson

Download or read book Downtown written by Robert M. Fogelson and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 505 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation Downtown is the first history of what was once viewed as the heart of the American city. Urban historian Robert Fogelson gives a riveting account of how downtown--and the way Americans thought about it--changed between 1880 and 1950. Recreating battles over subways and skyscrapers, the introduction of elevated highways and parking bans, and other controversies, this book provides a new and often starling perspective on downtown's rise and fall.


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