Living City

Roberta Brandes Gratz lives in New York City, where she has been involved in urban matters as a community activist, as executive director of a historic restoration project, and as a reporter for the New York Post. In addition, she lectures and writes on urban affairs.

• THINKING SMALL IN A BIG WAY. Process Is People. Savannah's Victorian District. Gentrification and Displacement. Winning Skirmishes, Losing Wars. Understanding the Lessons. Urban Husbandry: The Economy of Wisdom. Planned Shrinkage: The Economy of Waste. Urban Dispersal. THE CITY REDISCOVERED. Big Steps, Modestly: The Stories of Ithaca and Corning. Outside, Inside: Burlington and Pittsfield. Avoiding Wrong Lessons: The Remnant Complex vs. Small Improvement, Big Differences. Culprits. Streets Have Value. Old Areas Flourish Anew. THE TROJAN HORSE: BIG PLANS, BIG MISTAKES. The Past Over and Over Again. The Question Is Why: Concrete Bunker or Else. Epilogue. Notes. Index.