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Power at ground zero : politics, money, and the remaking of lower Manhattan /

"In Power at Ground Zero, Lynne Sagalyn offers the definitive account of one of the greatest reconstruction projects in modern world history: the rebuilding of lower Manhattan after 9/11"--

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Main Authors: Sagalyn, Lynne B. (Author)
Published: Oxford University Press,
Publisher Address: New York :
Publication Dates: [2016]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.
City planning > New York (State)
Land use, Urban > New York (State)
Public buildings > New York (State) > Design and construction.
Economic assistance > New York (State) > New York.
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) > History > 21st century.
Summary: "In Power at Ground Zero, Lynne Sagalyn offers the definitive account of one of the greatest reconstruction projects in modern world history: the rebuilding of lower Manhattan after 9/11"--
Carrier Form: xviii, 901 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, forms ; 26 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9780190607029 (hardback) :
0190607025 (hardback)
Index Number: HV6432
CLC: TU984.712
K712.9
Call Number: K712.9/S129
Contents: Prologue -- Part I. Predicate to Action: Chapter 1. Compelling Civic Mandates; Chapter 2. Clashing Private Ambitions; Chapter 3. Commanding Political Opportunities; Chapter 4. Purse Power -- Part II. Tangled Start (2001-2004): Chapter 5. "It's Our City"; Chapter 6. "It's Our Site"; Chapter 7. Who's In Charge?; Chapter 8. A Master Plan Emerges -- Part III. Challenges to the Plan (2005-2006): Chapter 9. Open to Revision; Chapter 10. Imbroglio over Culture; Chapter 11. Memory Politics -- Part IV. Political Pivot (2006-2007): Chapter 12. Larry's Quest; Chapter 13. Political Pivot; Chapter 14. The Squeeze -- Part V. Troubled Execution (2008-2010): Chapter 15. Transportation Phoenix; Chapter 16. Institutional Failure; Chapter 17. "It's a Construction Project Now"; Chapter 18. Coming to Blows Over Subsidy; Chapter 19. The Public Pays the Price -- Part VI. Deliverance (2011-2016): Chapter 20. Reckoning Anew -- Chapter 21. Ambition and Legacy -- Epilogue.

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