The Great Inversion And The Future Of The American City (2012) - Plot & Excerpts
Studying the return of the white middle class to the inter cities, Ehrenhalt wants to understand the reasons why. Looking at a selection of cities he uses them as examples to explain the relationship between urban cores and their surrounding suburbs. He looks at Paris, London and Vienna in Europe in the introduction and then American cities in subsequent chapters. Including Sheffield in Chicago, Wall Street in NYC and Bushwick in Brooklyn, Gwinnett County in Atlanta, Cleveland Heights in Cleveland, Clarendon in Washington D.C., Philadelphia, the Fourth and Third Ward in Houston, Phoenix and finally Belmar, Stapleton and Lakewood in Denver. Missing of course is Toronto, which is experiencing the largest building boom in North America with people flocking to the downtown. "Gentrification refers to the changes that happen in an individual neighborhood, usually the replacement of of poorer minority residents by more affluent white ones. Democratic inversion is something much broader. It is the rearrangement of living patterns across an entire metropolitan area, all taking place at roughly the same time."In other words: let's get moving on our light rail system, Columbus!Thanks to Sarah Joy for the recommendation...
What do You think about The Great Inversion And The Future Of The American City (2012)?
I learned so much reading this book and there is a fascinating chapter on Philly.
—ravistiwari549
It sets low expectations in the beginning, only to far exceed them afterwards.
—caus4christ
Examines a dozen US cities regarding urbanism trends. Interesting insights.
—Dee
