{"product_id":"walking-the-streets-walking-the-projects","title":"Walking The Streets\/walking The Projects","description":"\u003cb\u003eA walk through the remnants of a social democratic America, and an argument about its future.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWalking the Streets\/Walking the Projects\u003c\/i\u003e is an insightful exploration of the remnants of a social democratic America and a thought-provoking argument about its future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book traces the rise of a 1960s urban ideology that celebrated bottom-up, organic city development while criticising state-led planning that resulted in lifeless, sterile \"projects.\" Using walking as a method, the author tests these ideas across New York City, with a brief interlude in Washington, DC, examining a wide array of urban developments.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKey areas explored:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- Cultural complexes in Manhattan\u003cbr\u003e- New Deal-era public housing in Brooklyn, Harlem, and Queens\u003cbr\u003e- Roosevelt Island’s social experiment\u003cbr\u003e- Communist housing co-operatives in the Bronx\u003cbr\u003e- Union-led rebuilding of the Lower East Side\u003cbr\u003e- DC''s Metro system\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy walking through these spaces, the book reveals that, despite their flaws, fragments of a more equal society were built in the past and continue to thrive today.  \u003ci\u003eWalking the Streets\/Walking the Projects \u003c\/i\u003easks what lessons a new generation of American socialists might learn from these surviving social democratic enclaves as they envision a better future.","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57400564580734,"sku":"NW9781915672445","price":12.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781915672445.jpg?v=1778608438","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/walking-the-streets-walking-the-projects","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}