false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255669715m/6451819.jpg 6451819 2 <b>The David-and-Goliath story of legendary activist Jane Jacobs’s clash with “power broker” Robert Moses, an urban planning battle that forever changed the way we look at cities</b><br><br>In 1968, journalist, activist, and writer Jane Jacobs ripped up a stenographer’s notes during a public hearing and was charged with inciting a riot. The hearing concerned the proposed Lower Manhattan Expressway, a 350-foot wide, fifty-foot-high viaduct that would have linked the East and West sides of Manhattan. The expressway was the final puzzle piece in urban planning giant Robert Moses’s vision of a New York City designed to accommodate traffic. But to Jacobs, it was a destructive force that would bruise vital neighborhoods and push out nearly 2,000 families and 800 businesses.<br><br>The battle between Jacobs and Moses had begun years earlier when Jacobs successfully thwarted Moses’s plan to direct traffic through Washington Square Park in the West Village. As a result of these battles, Moses would lose most of the power and influence he had wielded for so long. By successfully confronting Moses, Jacobs forever changed the way Americans viewed the city—as a living, breathing organism rather than a threat that needed to be controlled—and inspired citizens across the country to protest destructive urban “renewal” projects.<br><br><i>Wrestling with Moses</i> is a tale of a local battle with national significance, that reminds us of the power of the individual to confront and defy authority. 6641988 28 7 2009 Wrestling with Moses: How Jane Jacobs Took On New York's Master Builder and Transformed the American City total:23|5:6|4:13|3:3|2:0|1:1| 23 92 111 8 4 0 true false Mon Aug 10 13:01:15 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 13:09:43 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 15:33:03 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 14:23:43 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Sep 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 11:39:05 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 20:00:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Oct 05 19:26:15 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 19:29:05 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 08:06:08 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 08:07:24 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Nov 01 13:33:37 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 01 13:34:06 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Mon Aug 17 14:51:39 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 23:10:27 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 14:51:39 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 11:20:38 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 10:21:21 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Nov 17 13:45:41 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 13:45:41 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Nov 16 06:56:08 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 06:56:08 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Nov 15 15:02:45 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 15:02:45 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Nov 14 08:40:37 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 14 08:40:37 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Nov 07 23:09:47 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 07 23:09:47 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Nov 07 09:06:18 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 07 09:06:18 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Nov 12 21:32:50 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 05 11:16:19 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 12 21:32:50 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Thu Nov 05 08:29:49 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 05 08:29:49 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Nov 02 10:58:37 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 02 10:58:37 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Oct 30 13:45:22 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 13:45:22 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Oct 23 19:58:23 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 19:58:35 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Oct 22 12:42:02 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 12:42:13 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6451819