Table of Contents

THINKING SMALL IN A BIG WAY.

Process Is People.

Savannah's Victorian District.

Gentrification and Displacement.

Winning Skirmishes, Losing Wars.

Understanding the Lessons.

Urban Husbandry: The Economy of Wisdom.

Planned Shrinkage: The Economy of Waste.

Urban Dispersal.

THE CITY REDISCOVERED.

Big Steps, Modestly: The Stories of Ithaca and Corning.

Outside, Inside: Burlington and Pittsfield.

Avoiding Wrong Lessons: The Remnant Complex vs.

Small Improvement, Big Differences.

Culprits.

Streets Have Value.

Old Areas Flourish Anew.

THE TROJAN HORSE: BIG PLANS, BIG MISTAKES.

The Past Over and Over Again.

The Question Is Why: Concrete Bunker or Else.

Epilogue.

Notes.

Index.

About the Author

Roberta Brandes Gratz lives in New York City, where she has been involved in urban matters as a community activist, as executive director of a historic restoration project, and as a reporter for the New York Post. In addition, she lectures and writes on urban affairs.