House by house, block by block : the rebirth of America's urban neighborhoods /
Not long ago, neighborhoods such as the South Bronx, South Central Los Angeles, and Boston's Roxbury were crime-ridden wastelands of vacant lots and burned-out buildings, notorious symbols of urban decay. In House by House, Block by Block, Alexander von Hoffman tells the remarkable stories of h...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2003.
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 9780198032984 0198032986 9780195144376 0195144376 1280531592 9781280531590 0195184793 9780195184792 9786610531592 6610531595 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | Not long ago, neighborhoods such as the South Bronx, South Central Los Angeles, and Boston's Roxbury were crime-ridden wastelands of vacant lots and burned-out buildings, notorious symbols of urban decay. In House by House, Block by Block, Alexander von Hoffman tells the remarkable stories of how local activists and community groups helped turn these areas around. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 306 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Language Note: | English. |
| Series: | OUP E-Books.
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