Автор:Robert M. Fogelson Год: 2003 Издание: [не указанo] Страниц: 492 ISBN: 0300098278 Book DescriptionDowntown is the first history of what was once viewed as the heart of the American city. Urban historian Robert Fogelson gives a riveting account of how downtown?and the way Americans thought about it?changed between 1880 and 1950. Recreating battles over subways and skyscrapers, the introduction of elevated highways and parking bans, and other controversies, this book provides a new and often startling perspective on downtown?s rise and fall.
