Reshaping Gotham: The City Livable Movement and the redevelopment of New York City, 1961--1998

• Main Author: Berg, Timothy Drake
• Other Authors: Teaford, Jon C.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Purdue University 1999
• Subjects: American history|Urban planning|Area planning & development; Roosevelt Island
• Online Access: https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/dissertations/AAI9951914

Reshaping Gotham examines the emergence of the City Livable Movement within the planning and urban design professions and the impact it had on development in New York City between 1961 and 1998. The City Livable Movement was both a reaction to Modernist planning and an articulation of a new approach...