Downtown : its rise and fall, 1880-1950
Robert M. Fogelson (Author)
"Written by one of this country's foremost urban historians, Downtown is the first history of what was once viewed as the heart of the American city. It tells the fascinating story of how downtown - and the way Americans thought about downtown - changed over time. By showing how businessmen and property owners worked to promote the well-being of downtown, even at the expense of other parts of the city, it also gives a riveting account of spatial politics in urban America
History
x, 492 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780300090628, 9780300098273, 0300090625, 0300098278
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The business district: downtown in the late nineteenth century
Derailing the subways: the politics of rapid transit
The sacred skyline: the battle over height limits
The central business district: downtown in the 1920s
The specter of decentralization: downtown during the Great Depression and World War II
Wishful thinking: downtown and the automotive revolution
Inventing blight: downtown and the origins for urban redevelopment
Just another business district? Downtown in the mid twentieth century