Bootstrap New Urbanism: Design, Race, and Redevelopment in Milwaukee (Comparative Urban Studies)

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Joseph A. Rodriguez critically examines the urban design and revitalization initiatives undertaken by both the federal government and the people of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Within the 1990s, New Urbanists followed a city tradition of the usage of urban design to solve problems At the same time as in quest of to elevate the city’s national reputation and status. At the same time as New Urbanism used to be not the one design element undertaken to further Milwaukee’s redevelopment, the elite center of attention on New Urbanism reflected an try to fashion a self-assist narrative for the revitalization of the city. This approach linked New Urbanist design to the strengthening of grassroots community organizing and volunteerism to solve urban problems. Bootstrap New Urbanism: Design, Race, and Redevelopment in Milwaukee uncovers a practice with implications for urban history, architectural history, planning history, environmental design, ethnic studies, and urban politics.

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