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Roberta Brandes Gratz

CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS

Livingston Street Battle Frames Debate On Landmarks

By Roberta Brandes Gratz | January 8, 2012

Owners at one Brooklyn building say they can maintain its historic look without the hassle of a landmark designation. It’s just another instance, this writer says, of property owners wanting all the benefits and none of the burden of protecting NY’s architectural assets.

ARTS and CULTURE

Into the Wild: Nature's NYC

By Roberta Brandes Gratz | February 2, 2010

A photographic survey of the city’s parkland reveals verdant, untamed places most New Yorkers don’t know are theirs.

Bronx

The Fall And Rise Of The South Bronx

By Roberta Brandes Gratz | June 9, 2008

This look back at the successes and missteps of the Banana Kelly Community Development Association offers lessons for community organizers everywhere.

ARTS and CULTURE

Now It's Jacobs' Turn: A Look At Her Legacy

By Roberta Brandes Gratz | September 24, 2007

A friend and colleague of author Jane Jacobs reviews the icon’s thinking, spurred by a major museum survey of her impact on this city – and all cities.

ARTS and CULTURE

ROBERT MOSES RECONSIDERED:
BLIGHT IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER

By Roberta Brandes Gratz | April 2, 2007

A noted urban thinker reminds us what was lost when Robert Moses deemed areas ‘slums’ and tore them down. The third in a series of essays on an ambitious three-part museum exhibit.

ARTS and CULTURE

ROBERT MOSES RECONSIDERED:
POWER AND PROCESS RIGHT NOW

By Roberta Brandes Gratz | March 12, 2007

A noted urban thinker assesses the continuing debate by city leaders and the great builder’s biographer over the meanings of Moses. The second in a series of essays on an ambitious three-part museum exhibit.

CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS

Robert Moses Reconsidered: Mostly Right the First Time

By Roberta Brandes Gratz | February 12, 2007

A noted urban thinker takes in the centerpiece of a three-part exhibition re-examining Moses. Among other failings, the apostle of the auto starved mass transit, she says. The first in a series of articles on this ambitious exhibit.

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