TY - BOOK AU - Von Hoffman,Alexander TI - House by house, block by block: the rebirth of America's urban neighborhoods SN - 9780198032984 AV - HT175 .V66 2003eb U1 - 307.3/416/0973 22 PY - 2003/// CY - Oxford, New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Urban renewal KW - United States KW - Community development, Urban KW - Case studies KW - Inner cities KW - Urban policy KW - Rénovation urbaine KW - États-Unis KW - Développement communautaire urbain KW - Études de cas KW - Quartiers défavorisés KW - Politique urbaine KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE KW - Essays KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Electronic book KW - Electronic books KW - gtlm KW - lcgft KW - rvmgf N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; The quest to save the inner city : a historical perspective -- Miracle on 174th Street -- Boston and the power of collaboration -- In the rust belt : can the ghetto be rebuilt? -- Olympic efforts in boomtown -- New immigrants transform the old city N2 - Not long ago, neighborhoods such as the South Bronx, South Central Los Angeles, and Boston's Roxbury were crime-ridden wastelands of vacant lots and burned-out buildings, notorious symbols of urban decay. In House by House, Block by Block, Alexander von Hoffman tells the remarkable stories of how local activists and community groups helped turn these areas around UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=120959 ER -