Reclaiming American Cities: The Struggle for People, Place, and Nature since 1900

Contents

Contents Preface ix Introduction: A Train Journey into the Past and Future 1 Part I The Patrician Decades, 1900–1940 11 1 American Cities in 1900: A Patchwork of Silk and Rags 15 2 Competing Visions in the Progressive Era 32 Part II The Technocrat Decades, 1945–1990 61 3 The Central City Renewal Engine 67 4 The Suburban Sprawl Engine 97 5 Battling the Bulldozer: The Indiana Dunes and Other Sacred Places 115 6 Legacies of Sprawl: A Witch’s Brew 131 Part III The (More) Humane Decades, 1990–Present 153 7 Replanting Urbanism in the 1990s: A Garden of Acronyms 157 8 New Age “Central Parks”: Two Grand Slams and a Single 189 9 Reclaiming Urban Waterways: One Stream at a Time 203 10 Humane Urbanism at Ground Level 223 Epilogue 249 Notes 251 Further Reading 285 Index 287 “This page intentionally left blank” ...