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A Good Place to Do Business : The Politics of Downtown Renewal Since 1945.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Urban Life, Landscape and Policy SeriesPublisher: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2022Copyright date: ©2022Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (360 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781439920831
Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: A Good Place to Do BusinessDDC classification:
  • 307.3/4160973
LOC classification:
  • HT175
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I. Downtown Politics after World War II -- 1. St. Louis, Stan "The Man" Musial, and the Politics of Destruction -- 2. Arthur Rubloff and the Grinding Politics of Renewal in Chicago, 1947-1986 -- 3. William L. Rafsky and the Greater Philadelphia Movement, 1951-1985 -- 4. Albert E. Cobo's Detroit, Ernest J. Bohn's Cleveland, and Expressway Politics -- Part II. Refashioning the American City, 1970-2000 -- 5. George V. Voinovich and the Pursuit of Business in Cleveland -- 6. Coleman Young and Gambling on Detroit -- 7. Florence Scala, Mel Ravitz, and the People Left Behind in Five U.S. Cities -- Part III. Downtown's Continuing Allure, 2000-2020 -- 8. Richard M. Daley and Chicago's Thriving Downtown -- 9. Big-City Hospitals: From Urban Renewal to the Next Growth Machine -- 10. "Gilbertville," "Ilitchville," and the Redevelopment of Detroit -- Notes -- Index.
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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I. Downtown Politics after World War II -- 1. St. Louis, Stan "The Man" Musial, and the Politics of Destruction -- 2. Arthur Rubloff and the Grinding Politics of Renewal in Chicago, 1947-1986 -- 3. William L. Rafsky and the Greater Philadelphia Movement, 1951-1985 -- 4. Albert E. Cobo's Detroit, Ernest J. Bohn's Cleveland, and Expressway Politics -- Part II. Refashioning the American City, 1970-2000 -- 5. George V. Voinovich and the Pursuit of Business in Cleveland -- 6. Coleman Young and Gambling on Detroit -- 7. Florence Scala, Mel Ravitz, and the People Left Behind in Five U.S. Cities -- Part III. Downtown's Continuing Allure, 2000-2020 -- 8. Richard M. Daley and Chicago's Thriving Downtown -- 9. Big-City Hospitals: From Urban Renewal to the Next Growth Machine -- 10. "Gilbertville," "Ilitchville," and the Redevelopment of Detroit -- Notes -- Index.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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