Biles, Roger.

A Good Place to Do Business : The Politics of Downtown Renewal Since 1945. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (360 pages) - Urban Life, Landscape and Policy Series . - Urban Life, Landscape and Policy Series .

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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