Introduction - Anarchy and Order
a.What was the meeting about?
b. Why were people upset over the proposal?
c. How did protestors end up winning this round of the fight?
d. What projects were the result of Robert Moses' work?
e. How did Moses have so much power?
b. Why were people upset over the proposal?
c. How did protestors end up winning this round of the fight?
d. What projects were the result of Robert Moses' work?
e. How did Moses have so much power?
1. The Girl from Scranton (pg. 3)
a. Where was Jane Jacobs from?
b. What caused Jacobs to fall in love with Greenwich Village
c. How did Jacobs break into the writing business?
d. What topics did Jacobs write about early in her career?
e. Why didn't Jacobs go to Barnard? How did she feel about her circumstances?
f. How did Jacobs' understanding of the Constitution inform her understanding of cities?
g. How did Jacobs learn that her writing could have a tangible effect on people?
h. How did Jacobs respond to the misogynistic editor at Iron Age? What does that tell you about Jacobs?
i. How did Robert Jacobs help Jane with her career?
j. Describe Jacobs' interaction with the Loyalty Security Board. Why did this occur? What was the outcome? What does this series of events tell you about Jacobs?
k. What assignment at Architecture Forum gave Jacobs a start writing about cities? What was the common knowledge about cities at the time? What did Jacobs find when she visited Philadelphia?
l. What were the major movements in urban design in the early 20th century?
m. What is Title I? How might Title I apply to the meeting from Chapter 1?
n. What do you think of the idea of urban renewal? Should new always replace old? Explain your answer.
o. Why did residents of East Harlem hate a patch of grass?
p. What did Jacobs say at Harvard? What was the reaction to her speech?
q. What was Jacobs thesis in Downtown is for People?
b. What caused Jacobs to fall in love with Greenwich Village
c. How did Jacobs break into the writing business?
d. What topics did Jacobs write about early in her career?
e. Why didn't Jacobs go to Barnard? How did she feel about her circumstances?
f. How did Jacobs' understanding of the Constitution inform her understanding of cities?
g. How did Jacobs learn that her writing could have a tangible effect on people?
h. How did Jacobs respond to the misogynistic editor at Iron Age? What does that tell you about Jacobs?
i. How did Robert Jacobs help Jane with her career?
j. Describe Jacobs' interaction with the Loyalty Security Board. Why did this occur? What was the outcome? What does this series of events tell you about Jacobs?
k. What assignment at Architecture Forum gave Jacobs a start writing about cities? What was the common knowledge about cities at the time? What did Jacobs find when she visited Philadelphia?
l. What were the major movements in urban design in the early 20th century?
m. What is Title I? How might Title I apply to the meeting from Chapter 1?
n. What do you think of the idea of urban renewal? Should new always replace old? Explain your answer.
o. Why did residents of East Harlem hate a patch of grass?
p. What did Jacobs say at Harvard? What was the reaction to her speech?
q. What was Jacobs thesis in Downtown is for People?
2. The Master Builder (pg. 31)
a. What projects were completed in New York City in 1952? Which did Moses consider his greatest achievement?
b. What was Moses' effect on the lives of New Yorkers overall?
c. What jobs did Moses have in 1932?
d. How did the Henry Hudson improve traffic conditions? What were the drawbacks to the community?
e. What picture does the author paint about Moses through his description of Moses' upbringing? Do you think this is an evenhanded description?
f. How did Moses' background and family allow him to accrue more positions of power? Would he have been able to become so influential without that background? Why or why not?
g. Why did Moses lose his first appointed government job? How about the second job? The third?
h. Why did Moses want to run all of New York's state parks?
i. Who was against Moses' plan for Long Island? How did he overcome this opposition?
j. Did FDR and Moses get along? Did that affect Moses' career?
k. How did Moses ensure that New York would be at the front of the line for federal funding?
l. How did the Triborough Bridge Authority give Moses political power?
m. Did Moses' campaign for mayor go well? How did he maintain his political power?
n. What is significant about Moses' decision to make Detroit (specifically, General Motors) the centerpiece of the 1939 World's Fair?
o. What happened to the neighborhood that the Gowanus Parkway ran through?
p. What was the first housing project that Moses got involved with? What problems were associated with the project?
q. What style was used for most of the New York City housing units?
r. How did Moses respond to criticism of the urban renewal plans?
s. Why did the Dodgers leave New York?
b. What was Moses' effect on the lives of New Yorkers overall?
c. What jobs did Moses have in 1932?
d. How did the Henry Hudson improve traffic conditions? What were the drawbacks to the community?
e. What picture does the author paint about Moses through his description of Moses' upbringing? Do you think this is an evenhanded description?
f. How did Moses' background and family allow him to accrue more positions of power? Would he have been able to become so influential without that background? Why or why not?
g. Why did Moses lose his first appointed government job? How about the second job? The third?
h. Why did Moses want to run all of New York's state parks?
i. Who was against Moses' plan for Long Island? How did he overcome this opposition?
j. Did FDR and Moses get along? Did that affect Moses' career?
k. How did Moses ensure that New York would be at the front of the line for federal funding?
l. How did the Triborough Bridge Authority give Moses political power?
m. Did Moses' campaign for mayor go well? How did he maintain his political power?
n. What is significant about Moses' decision to make Detroit (specifically, General Motors) the centerpiece of the 1939 World's Fair?
o. What happened to the neighborhood that the Gowanus Parkway ran through?
p. What was the first housing project that Moses got involved with? What problems were associated with the project?
q. What style was used for most of the New York City housing units?
r. How did Moses respond to criticism of the urban renewal plans?
s. Why did the Dodgers leave New York?
3. The Battle of Washington Square Park (pg. 61)
a. What was Moses' plan for Washington Square Park?
b. Describe the park as it was before the confrontation with Moses. Why did nearby residents love the park so much?
c. Describe the history of Washington Square Park and the Village in your own words. What services did the park provide to the community?
d. What started the tradition of residents protecting the park from major changes?
e. How did Moses see the Village and the Park? What arguments did he use to justify the renewal project?
f. How did Moses react to opposition to his plans?
g. Who was Shirley Hayes? What was her role in the Park fight?
h. What alternate plans did Moses and others try to adopt in order to get a road through the Park? How did the resistance respond to these plans?
i. Who was Raymond S. Rubinow? WHat was his role in these events?
j. Who else was invited to join the Joint Committee?
k. How did Mumford's statement about the Park cause problems for Moses?
l. How did Jacobs use politics for the benefit of the Park? Did the ploy work?
m. How did Jacobs use the media? What were the obstacles within the media? How did Jacobs overcome these obstacles?
n. What was the final nail in the coffin of Moses' plan for Washington Square Park?
o. How did Hayes and Koch get busses out of WSP?
p. Describe the Park as it is today. Was the Committee completely successful? Why or why not?
q. What was Moses worried about as the plan for the Park failed? Was he right to worry?
b. Describe the park as it was before the confrontation with Moses. Why did nearby residents love the park so much?
c. Describe the history of Washington Square Park and the Village in your own words. What services did the park provide to the community?
d. What started the tradition of residents protecting the park from major changes?
e. How did Moses see the Village and the Park? What arguments did he use to justify the renewal project?
f. How did Moses react to opposition to his plans?
g. Who was Shirley Hayes? What was her role in the Park fight?
h. What alternate plans did Moses and others try to adopt in order to get a road through the Park? How did the resistance respond to these plans?
i. Who was Raymond S. Rubinow? WHat was his role in these events?
j. Who else was invited to join the Joint Committee?
k. How did Mumford's statement about the Park cause problems for Moses?
l. How did Jacobs use politics for the benefit of the Park? Did the ploy work?
m. How did Jacobs use the media? What were the obstacles within the media? How did Jacobs overcome these obstacles?
n. What was the final nail in the coffin of Moses' plan for Washington Square Park?
o. How did Hayes and Koch get busses out of WSP?
p. Describe the Park as it is today. Was the Committee completely successful? Why or why not?
q. What was Moses worried about as the plan for the Park failed? Was he right to worry?
4. Urban Renewal in Greenwich Village (pg. 95)
a. What went wrong at Pruit-Igoe in St. Louis?
b. What did Jacobs' perfect neighborhood look like? How was it like a scene in a ballet?
c. What was the challenge of improving the West Village, according to Jacobs?
d. What got Jacobs back into the role of an urban activist?
e. What were Felt's and Davies' backgrounds? What jobs did they hold in the government at the time? Was there the potential for a conflict of interest? How?
f. What was the new community Committee up against? What were they fighting for? What was their goal?
g. What was Jacobs' strategy for winning this fight?
h. What advice did Bob Jacobs give to Jane?
i. How did the Committee attempt to prove that the Village wasn't a slum? What info did they need? What were their findings?
j. Why could city planners ignore the study done by Jacobs?
k. How and why did Micove complicate matters for the community group?
l. How did the court help Jacobs' cause?
m. How did Wagner attempt to end the fight? Was his plan reasonable? Did it work? Why or why not?
n. How was the Village changing in the 60s, according to the author?
o. How did Jacobs discover information that ended the fight? What was that information?
p. Why was Death and Life of Great American Cities so groundbreaking for its time?
q. What were Jacobs' four recommendations for building cities?
r. What were the criticisms of Jacobs' ideas? What were the West Village Houses? What was their goal? Were they successful? Why or why not?
b. What did Jacobs' perfect neighborhood look like? How was it like a scene in a ballet?
c. What was the challenge of improving the West Village, according to Jacobs?
d. What got Jacobs back into the role of an urban activist?
e. What were Felt's and Davies' backgrounds? What jobs did they hold in the government at the time? Was there the potential for a conflict of interest? How?
f. What was the new community Committee up against? What were they fighting for? What was their goal?
g. What was Jacobs' strategy for winning this fight?
h. What advice did Bob Jacobs give to Jane?
i. How did the Committee attempt to prove that the Village wasn't a slum? What info did they need? What were their findings?
j. Why could city planners ignore the study done by Jacobs?
k. How and why did Micove complicate matters for the community group?
l. How did the court help Jacobs' cause?
m. How did Wagner attempt to end the fight? Was his plan reasonable? Did it work? Why or why not?
n. How was the Village changing in the 60s, according to the author?
o. How did Jacobs discover information that ended the fight? What was that information?
p. Why was Death and Life of Great American Cities so groundbreaking for its time?
q. What were Jacobs' four recommendations for building cities?
r. What were the criticisms of Jacobs' ideas? What were the West Village Houses? What was their goal? Were they successful? Why or why not?
5. The Lower Manhattan Expressway (pg. 138)
a. What was the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act? What was its purpose? what did it do?
b. How did the NIDHA affect rural, suburban, and urban areas?
c. Why was Disney an inspiration for Robert Moses?
d. How did the RPA affect the plans for New York City's urban redevelopment?
e. How did the Trans-Manhattan Expressway, and later, the Cross-Bronx Expressway change the areas that they cut through?
f. Why was it relatively easy for opponents of the Mid-Manhattan Expressway to get the project shelved?
g. What was the rationale for Lomex?
h. What neighborhoods were to be cleared in order for Lomex to happen?
i. According to Jacobs, what mistake did La Mountain make in dealing with the supporters of Lomex?
j. How did politicians like Cioffi and DeSalvo help the anti-Lomex cause?
k. What impressed Jacobs about the group that La Mountain had assembled to resist Lomex?
l. What was the most significant argument against Lomex?
m. What did Jacobs see in "Hell's Hundred Acres" that she saw as worth saving?
n. Why was Jacobs' statement that Lomex would "Los Angelize" New York so detrimental to Moses' cause?
o. What alternative plans for Lomex were produced? Why were they deemed unacceptable?
p. How did Margot McCoy Goyle help Jacobs and the neighborhoods?
q. How was the specter of traffic used to encourage the project? Why was this argument so powerful?
r. When Lindsay looked for alternatives, what plans were forwarded to him? Did any of them work? Why or why not?
s. What plan did Lindsay ultimately support? What was the reaction to it in the neighborhood?
t. How did the events at Seward Park High School kill Lomex?
u. Why did Jacobs and her family leave New York?
b. How did the NIDHA affect rural, suburban, and urban areas?
c. Why was Disney an inspiration for Robert Moses?
d. How did the RPA affect the plans for New York City's urban redevelopment?
e. How did the Trans-Manhattan Expressway, and later, the Cross-Bronx Expressway change the areas that they cut through?
f. Why was it relatively easy for opponents of the Mid-Manhattan Expressway to get the project shelved?
g. What was the rationale for Lomex?
h. What neighborhoods were to be cleared in order for Lomex to happen?
i. According to Jacobs, what mistake did La Mountain make in dealing with the supporters of Lomex?
j. How did politicians like Cioffi and DeSalvo help the anti-Lomex cause?
k. What impressed Jacobs about the group that La Mountain had assembled to resist Lomex?
l. What was the most significant argument against Lomex?
m. What did Jacobs see in "Hell's Hundred Acres" that she saw as worth saving?
n. Why was Jacobs' statement that Lomex would "Los Angelize" New York so detrimental to Moses' cause?
o. What alternative plans for Lomex were produced? Why were they deemed unacceptable?
p. How did Margot McCoy Goyle help Jacobs and the neighborhoods?
q. How was the specter of traffic used to encourage the project? Why was this argument so powerful?
r. When Lindsay looked for alternatives, what plans were forwarded to him? Did any of them work? Why or why not?
s. What plan did Lindsay ultimately support? What was the reaction to it in the neighborhood?
t. How did the events at Seward Park High School kill Lomex?
u. Why did Jacobs and her family leave New York?
Epilogue - Separate Ways (pg. 181)
a. Does Moses deserve his reputation? Why or why not?
b. How should a city government go about making improvements to neighborhoods? What should they do to get support from the community?
c. Do you think that if Moses created mass transit lines instead of highways that his reputation would be different? Why or why not?
d. Has Jacobs' omission of any solution to gentrification diminished her work in any way? How?
e. What is your solution to gentrification?
b. How should a city government go about making improvements to neighborhoods? What should they do to get support from the community?
c. Do you think that if Moses created mass transit lines instead of highways that his reputation would be different? Why or why not?
d. Has Jacobs' omission of any solution to gentrification diminished her work in any way? How?
e. What is your solution to gentrification?
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