A History of the Key Decisions in the Development of Bay Area Rapid Transit
Author : McDonald & Smart
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Page : 220 pages
File Size : 31,33 MB
Release : 1975
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Author : McDonald & Smart
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Page : 220 pages
File Size : 31,33 MB
Release : 1975
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Author : Richard Grefe
Publisher :
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 40,10 MB
Release : 1976
Category : Local transit
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Author : Richard Grefe
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Page : 248 pages
File Size : 14,65 MB
Release : 1975
Category : Local transit
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Author : Richard Grefe
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Page : 244 pages
File Size : 41,47 MB
Release : 1975
Category : Local transit
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Author : United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment
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Page : 62 pages
File Size : 50,85 MB
Release : 1976
Category : City planning
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Author : Matthew L. Schuerman
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 23,77 MB
Release : 2019-11-07
Category : History
ISBN : 022647643X
Gentrification is transforming cities, small and large, across the country. Though it’s easy to bemoan the diminished social diversity and transformation of commercial strips that often signify a gentrifying neighborhood, determining who actually benefits and who suffers from this nebulous process can be much harder. The full story of gentrification is rooted in large-scale social and economic forces as well as in extremely local specifics—in short, it’s far more complicated than both its supporters and detractors allow. In Newcomers, journalist Matthew L. Schuerman explains how a phenomenon that began with good intentions has turned into one of the most vexing social problems of our time. He builds a national story using focused histories of northwest Brooklyn, San Francisco’s Mission District, and the onetime site of Chicago’s Cabrini-Green housing project, revealing both the commonalities among all three and the place-specific drivers of change. Schuerman argues that gentrification has become a too-easy flashpoint for all kinds of quasi-populist rage and pro-growth boosterism. In Newcomers, he doesn’t condemn gentrifiers as a whole, but rather articulates what it is they actually do, showing not only how community development can turn foul, but also instances when a “better” neighborhood truly results from changes that are good. Schuerman draws no easy conclusions, using his keen reportorial eye to create sharp, but fair, portraits of the people caught up in gentrification, the people who cause it, and its effects on the lives of everyone who calls a city home.
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Page : 940 pages
File Size : 36,36 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Local transit
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Author : Michael C. Healy
Publisher : Heyday.ORIM
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 33,21 MB
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1597143812
An insider’s “indispensible” behind-the-scenes history of the transit system of San Francisco and surrounding counties (Houston Chronicle). In the first-ever history book about BART, longtime agency spokesman Michael C. Healy gives an insider’s account of the rapid transit system’s inception, hard-won approval, construction, and operations, warts and all. With a master storyteller’s wit and sharp attention to detail, Healy recreates the politically fraught venture to bring a new kind of public transit to the West Coast. What emerges is a sense of the individuals who made (and make) BART happen. From tales of staying up until 3:00 a.m. with BART pioneers Bill Stokes and Jack Everson to hear the election results for the rapid transit vote to stories of weathering scandals, strikes, and growing pains, this look behind the scenes of an iconic, seemingly monolithic structure reveals people at their most human—and determined to change the status quo. “The Metro. The T. The Tube. The world's most famous subway systems are known by simple monikers, and San Francisco's BART belongs in that class. Michael C. Healy delivers a tour-de-force telling of its roots, hard-fought approval, and challenging construction that will delight fans of American urban history.”—Doug Most, author of The Race Underground: Boston, New York, and the Incredible Rivalry That Built America's First Subway
Author : John Beishon
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Page : 120 pages
File Size : 12,28 MB
Release : 1977
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Author : Mel Scott
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 11,52 MB
Release : 1985-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780520055100