Main entry:

Von Hoffman, Alexander.

Title & Author:

House by house, block by block : the rebirth of America's urban neighborhoods / Alexander von Hoffman.

Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.

Description:

xii, 306 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Restrictions:

Online version licensed for access by U. of T. users.

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The quest to save the inner city : a historical perspective -- Miracle on 174th Street -- Boston and the power of collaboration -- In the rust belt : can the ghetto be rebuilt? -- Olympic efforts in boomtown -- New immigrants transform the old city.

Summary:

"For sixty years, federal policy has attempted with little success to solve the problems of housing and poverty in America's inner cities. Yet increasingly, local organizations are picking up where Washington has left off. In a series of dramatic and colorful narratives, von Hoffman shows how these groups are revitalizing once desperate neighborhoods in five major cities: New York, Boston, Chicago, Atlanta, and Los Angeles. The unlikely heroes include: the tough-talking Bronx priest who learned how to fight city hall (run for office); the "crazy white man" who scrambled to save Chicago's historic Black Metropolis from the wrecking ball; the Boston cops who built a task force that put the brakes on youth gangs. Thanks to locally based, bootstrap efforts like these, crime has been falling in these neighborhoods, real estate values are rising, and businesses are returning to the inner city. Von Hoffman also shows that grassroots work can't do it alone: successful turnarounds need the support of local government and access to business and foundation capital." "Based on years of research and more than a hundred interviews, this book is the first systematic account of the dramatic urban revival now going on in the United States. House by House, Block by Block will be a must-read for anyone interested in the fate of America's cities."--Jacket.

Resources:
2003.
Table of contents
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Table of contents

ISBN:

0195144376 (alk. paper)
9780195144376 (alk. paper)
9780195176148
0195176146
9780195184792
0195184793

Subject:

Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer Bitterfeld
Urban renewal United States.
Community development, Urban United States Case studies.
Inner cities United States.
Urban policy United States.
Rénovation urbaine États-Unis.
Développement communautaire urbain États-Unis Études de cas.
Quartiers défavorisés États-Unis.
Politique urbaine États-Unis.
Community development, Urban
Inner cities
Urban policy
Urban renewal
Stadtentwicklung
United States
USA

Form/genre:

Electronic books.
Case studies
Études de cas.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 242459
Call No.: HT175 .V66 2003
Status: Available