A Good Place to Do Business: The Politics of Downtown Renewal Since 1945
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The "Pittsburgh Renaissance," an urban renewal effort launched in the late 1940s, transformed the smoky rust belt city's downtown. Working-class residents and people of color saw their neighborhoods cleared and replaced with upscale, white residents and with large corporations housed in massive skyscrapers. Pittsburgh's Renaissance's apparent success quickly became a model for several struggling industrial cities, including St. Louis, Cleveland,...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1439920826
ISBN13:9781439920824
Release Date:October 2022
Publisher:Temple University Press
Length:362 Pages
Weight:1.16 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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