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1 online resource (xvi, 364 pages) : illustrations |
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EXPLORING THE PRODUCTION OF URBAN SPACE; Contents; List of figures and tables; Figures; Tables; List of abbreviations and acronyms; Acknowledgements; Foreword; 1. Introduction: Cities and public space; Conceptualising public and quasi-public space; Neoliberal contradictions; Lefebvre's spatial triad: explication and interpretation; Exploring how to explore the production of urban space; Comparative urban research; City profiles: Vancouver, Lowell and Manchester; Structure of the book; 2. Vancouver: (Re)presenting urban space; Introduction; Pre-1972 and a disparate coalition |
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Gastown meets Chinatown and Downtown EastsideGastown: a mayoral walking tour; Reinventing Alhambra: producing new public space; A pre-1972 seminal moment: the Restoration Report 1969; More than a city affair; Conclusions; 3. Vancouver: Producing urban public space and city transformation; Introduction; Two hotels, a scandal and a contested mortgage; Blood in the alley; Vancouver's spaces of representation; Smoke-in, riot, love-in; Post-riot beautification and the Teamsters; Fake kitsch versus authentic heritage; Gas and more civic generosity |
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Carrall Street Greenway: two contradictory initiativesConclusions; 4. Lowell: (Re)presenting urban space; Introduction; Cultural innovations: welcome Model Cities; The Acre and Western Canal; Ecumenical Plaza; Model Cities: demonstration impacts; The city reacts: a civic historic commission; Lowell Regatta: ludic waterscape; A working mill and museum; Show us you're serious: Lowell Heritage State Park; Teamsters, tax and delinquency; Lowell's spaces of representation; Origin of an idea: development of a concept; Conclusions; 5. Lowell: Producing urban public space and city transformation |
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IntroductionA presidential pen slips; An 11th hour act; Brown Book and the DEM; National park and plan amendment; Kerouac Park: contested public space; Producing linear public space: Lowell Canalway; Canalway blue dye and sun; Don't mention sport: Merrimack Riverwalk; Soul of Lowell: Boarding House Park; Conclusions; 6. Manchester: (Re)presenting urban space; Introduction; Castlefield: a very lived upon place; Contested spatial meanings; A Greater Manchester proposition; A 150th birthday party; A financial impediment; From Granada to Castlefield; Visual representations of Castlefield |
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The Britons Protection incidentHistoric Castlefield: unexpected circularity; Contested conservation: a minister's wife intervenes; Conclusions; 7. Manchester: Producing urban public space and city transformation; Introduction; UDC context and precursors; Clutching at straws: the 'private sector'; Representations of the urban problematic; CMDC: a production of space investigation; Representations of CMDC space; Bridges to multiple spaces; Ludic space: Castlefield Arena; Rational and imagined success; Castlefield's spaces of representation; Conclusions |
| Summary |
Manchester is now an iconic postindustrial city but what crucial role did Lord Michael Heseltine play in its spatial production? And how is space produced? What are the unexpected links between Manchester, Vancouver and Lowell Massachusetts? This book shows through meticulous original research how urban space is socially produced. The author uses archival and interview evidence to unravel the unexpected histories of the production of new diverse public spaces |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource, title from digital title page (viewed on December 9, 2020) |
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Public spaces.
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City planning.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Urban.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- City Planning & Urban Development.
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City planning
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Public spaces
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e-books.
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Livres numériques.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1447305752 |
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9781447305750 |
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