{"product_id":"walking-the-streetswalking-the-projects-isbn-9781915672445","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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\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- 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\u003e asks what lessons a new generation of American socialists might learn from these surviving social democratic enclaves as they envision a better future.\u003cb\u003eOwen Hatherley\u003c\/b\u003e writes regularly on aesthetics and politics for, among others, \u003ci\u003ethe Architectural Review, the Calvert Journal, Dezeen, the Guardian, Jacobin, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e the London Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of several books, including, \u003ci\u003eRed Metropolis: Socialism and the Government of London, Artificial Islands: Adventures in the Dominions\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eModern Buildings in Britain: A Gazetteer.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Repeater","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46299908309221,"sku":"NP9781915672445","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781915672445.jpg?v=1767743565","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/walking-the-streetswalking-the-projects-isbn-9781915672445","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}