Cities Back from the Edge : New Life for Downtown

Author: Roberta Brandes Gratz, Norman Mintz
List Price: $29.95
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ISBN: 0471361240
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (21 January, 2000)
Sales Rank: 73,236
Average Customer Rating: 4.43 out of 5

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Rating: 5 out of 5
Insightful Analysis of Changing City Landscapes
In this text, Gratz and Mintz set out to establish guidelines and tips for city leaders, community activists, businesspeople, and regular citizens who seek to improve the status of their communities. They carefully outline what works, what does not work and why. Anyone interested in revilatizing downtown areas, setting up shop in a city, or running for office in an urban area should read this book as it will undoubtedly be helpful in creating a better understanding as to how cities can thrive in a new modern era.

Rating: 3 out of 5
needs an editor
This book is disappointing in that the content is well-researched and important, but the organization is quite poor. It just rambles all over the place. I would suggest picking up a copy of Suburban Nation or something by Calthorpe or Moe, for more user-friendly tomes, and of course it is always helpful to reread Jane Jacobs and Christopher Alexander (Pattern Language).

Rating: 5 out of 5
great and informative
very informative. some experts may not wish to hear the truth in this book.

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