Comeback Cities
A Blueprint for Urban Neighborhood Revival
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Word Count
71,250 words, Guess
Page Count
285 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL8024362M
- ISBN-139780813368139
- ISBN-100813368138
- OCLC Control Number44131744
- Internet Archivecomebackcitiesbl00grog
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- Library of Congress Control Number00040815
- Goodreads4143055
- LibraryThing441027
Classifications
- LCCHT175 .G76 2000
- LCCHT175.G76 2000
- LCCHT 175 G76 2000
Description
"Comeback Cities shows how innovative, pragmatic tactics for ameliorating the nation's urban ills have produced results beyond anyone's expectations, reawakening America's toughest neighborhoods. In the past, big government and business working separately were unable to solve the inner city crisis. Rather, a blend of public-private partnerships, grassroots nonprofit organizations, and a willingness to experiment characterize what is best among the new approaches to urban problem-solving. Pragmatism, not dogma, has produced the charter school movement and the police's new focus on "quality-of-life" issues. The new breed of big city mayors has welcomed business back into the city, stressed performance and results at city agencies, downplayed divisive racial politics, and cracked down on symptoms of social disorder. As a consequence, America's inner cities are becoming vital communities once again."--Jacket.
First Sentence
NEW YORK, October 5, 1977-Around 9:30 on a bright early-autumn morning in the worst neighborhood in America, two men teetered on a rotting curbside, mouths agape.
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