Roberta Brandes Gratz

Book Review: The Battle for Gotham

Sep 26th, 2011 | By Jeramey Jannene | Category: Book Reviews, Feature

Roberta Brandes Gratz, one of Planetizen’s Top 100 Urban Thinkers, explores what makes New York City work in her book The Battle for Gotham New York in the Shadow of Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs. With a title like you would assume the book dealt heavily with details of how Jacobs and Moses operated and their battles over urban renewal, but you would be wrong if you did.

Tags: Battle for Gotham, Jane Jacobs, New York City, Robert Moses, Roberta Brandes Gratz
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Urban Husbandry is Alive and Well in Milwaukee

Aug 10th, 2010 | By Michael Schubert | Category: Burnham Park, Enderis Park, Feature, Layton Boulevard West

Every once in a while one finds a concept that is simple on the surface, but conveys a set of complex ideas. One such term is “urban husbandry” found in the writings of a contemporary urbanist Roberta Brandes Gratz. In Milwaukee, urban husbandry is not just a theory; it is a key component in the approach in the Healthy Neighborhoods Initiative.

Tags: Healthy Neighborhoods Initiative, Roberta Brandes Gratz, Urban Husbandry
Posted in Burnham Park, Enderis Park, Feature, Layton Boulevard West | 1 Comment »