A good place to do business : : the politics of downtown renewal since 1945 / / Roger Biles and Mark H. Rose.
"This book looks at the politics of downtown business promotion as an urban renewal strategy from the end of World War II to the present, with a focus on five case cities: Philadelphia, Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis, and Cleveland"--
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| Superior document: | Urban life, landscape, and policy |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : Temple University Press,, [2022] Ã2022 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Urban life, landscape, and policy.
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (360 pages). |
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Table of Contents:
- Part I: Introduction: Downtown Politics after World War II. Chapter 1: St. Louis, Stan "The Man" Musial, and the Politics of Destruction
- Chapter 2: Arthur Rubloff and the Grinding Politics of Renewal in Chicago, 1947-1986
- Chapter 3: William L. Rafsky and the Greater Philadelphia Movement, 1951-1985
- Chapter 4: Albert E. Cobo's Detroit, Ernest J. Bohn's Cleveland, and Expressway Politics
- Part II: Refashioning the American City, 1970-2000. Chapter 5: George V. Voinovich and the Pursuit of Business in Cleveland
- Chapter 6: Coleman Young and Gambling on Detroit
- Chapter 7: Florence Scala, Mel Ravitz, and the People Left Behind in Five U.S. Cities
- Part III: Downtown's Continuing Allure, 2000-2020. Chapter 8: Richard M. Daley and Chicago's Thriving Downtown
- Chapter 9: Big City Hospitals: From Urban Renewal to the Next Growth Machine
- Chapter 10: "Gilbertville," "Ilitchville," and the Redevelopment of Detroit.