A good place to do business : the politics of downtown renewal since 1945 / Roger Biles and Mark H. Rose.
Biles, Roger, 1950- author.; Rose, Mark H., 1942- author. 1942-
2022
HT123 .B554 2022
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Title
A good place to do business : the politics of downtown renewal since 1945 / Roger Biles and Mark H. Rose.
Author
Biles, Roger, 1950- author.
ISBN
9781439920824
9781439920831
Published
Philadelphia : Temple University Press, [2022]
Copyright
©2022
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (360 pages).
Call Number
HT123 .B554 2022
Dewey Decimal Classification
307.760973
Summary
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Rose, Mark H., 1942- author. 1942-
Series
Urban life, landscape, and policy.
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Good place to do business : the politics of downtown renewal since 1945.
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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.

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