Fixing broken cities : new investment policies for a changed world / John Kromer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kromer, John, 1948- author.

Contributor:

Taylor & Francis eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City planning--Pennsylvania--Case studies.

City planning.

Urbanization--Pennsylvania--Case studies.

Urbanization.

City planning--New Jersey--Case studies.

Urbanization--New Jersey--Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 317 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2023.

Biography/History:

John Kromer is a housing and development consultant who specializes in the design and execution of reinvestment strategies for distressed urban communities. As Philadelphia's Director of Housing from 1992 to 2001, he supervised the expenditure of more than a billion dollars in public investment to implement housing preservation and development strategies that improved living conditions for thousands of Philadelphia families. Since then, he has completed strategic planning and capacity building projects for municipal government agencies and nonprofit development organizations. He teaches a course in "The Politics of Housing and Urban Development" at the University of Pennsylvania, USA, where he previously served as a program administrator and consultant at the Fels Institute of Government. His most recent book, Philadelphia Battlefields: Disruptive Campaigns and Upset Elections in a Changing City (2021) draws on his extensive participation in local political campaigns and elections.

Contents:

Introduction

The Ten-Year Tax Abatement: An Equitable Development Controversy and a Political Compromise

The Center City District: Rethinking Downtown and Post-Pandemic Futures

The Transition Zone: Remaking a Neighborhood and Revisiting, 25 Years Later

The Neighborhood Transformation Initiative: An Ambitious Policy, a Land Management Problem, and an Organizational Development Success

Two Institution-Assisted Neighborhood Public School Ventures, a Generation Apart: Penn Alexander and Powel/SLAMS

The West Philadelphia Fire House: Constructing a Community Partnership and Witnessing Neighborhood Change, 1982-2022

Public Power and Political Dynamics in Camden: The State Receivership, Grow NJ, and the Newest Waterfront Plan

Two Inheritances for a New Administration in Allentown, Pennsylvania: A Rental Housing Crisis and a Wealth-Generating Neighborhood Improvement Zone

Conclusion: Three Glimpses of the Future.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 11, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version: Kromer, John, 1948- Fixing broken cities

ISBN:

9781003355854

1003355854

9781000850529

1000850528

9781000850536

1000850536

Publisher Number:

40031677103

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.