A Good Place to Do Business: The Politics of Downtown Renewal Since 1945

by Roger Biles

Book Overview

The "Pittsburgh Renaissance," an urban renewal effort launched in the late 1940s, transformed the smoky rust belt city's downtown. Working-class residents and people of color saw their neighborhoods cleared and replaced with upscale, white residents and with large corporations housed in massive skyscrapers. Pittsburgh's Renaissance's apparent success quickly became a model for several struggling industrial cities, including St. Louis, Cleveland,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1439920826
• ISBN13: 9781439920824
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Length: 362 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"