Beyond the Bulldozer: Rethinking the Divide between Urban Renewal and Historic Preservation October 6, 2011

Alison Isenberg brings fresh perspective to 1950-1970s urban planning, years when design professionals tried to remake urban renewal and offer Americans something better. Looking closely at San Francisco—its fight against “Manhattanization,” and its efforts to forge alternative development models—Isenberg explores how Bay Area urban design was immersed in the crosscurrents of social revolution.