Hatherley, Owen
Walking the Streets/Walking the Projects: Adventures in Social Democracy in NYC and DC
- ISBN 13:
- 9781915672445
- author:
- Hatherley, Owen
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Repeater
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2024
- Pages:
- 280
- Dimensions:
- 18.8 x 12.5 x 2 centimetres (0.3
- Genre:
- Nonfiction, Politics, History & Theory,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Walking the Streets/Walking the Projects is an insightful exploration of the remnants of a social democratic America and a thought-provoking argument about its future. Owen Hatherley takes readers on a walk through key urban developments in New York City and Washington, DC, examining cultural complexes, public housing projects, social experiments, and community-led rebuilding initiatives.
By tracing the rise of a 1960s urban ideology that celebrated bottom-up city development, Hatherley reveals fragments of a more equal society that were built in the past and continue to thrive today. This book asks what lessons a new generation of American socialists might learn from these surviving social democratic enclaves as they envision a better future.
Through his walking tour, Hatherley sheds light on the complexities of urban development and the enduring legacy of social democracy in America's cities.
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