In recent years historians have reexamined the urban renewal period of the 1940s 1950s and 1960s for example eric avila and mark rose culture politics a we use cookies to enhance your experience on our websiteby continuing to use our website you are agreeing to our use of cookies. Manhattan projects the rise and fall of urban renewal in cold war new york zipp samuel 9780195328745 books amazonca. Manhattan projects the rise and fall of urban renewal in cold war new york ebook zipp samuel amazonca kindle store. Moving beyond the usual good versus evil story that pits master planner robert moses against the plucky neighborhood advocate jane jacobs samuel zipp sheds new light on the rise and fall of new yorks urban renewal in the decades after world war ii. Starting with the celebrated construction of the united nations complex in 1948 and moving up through the battles over public housing projects in east harlem in the late 1960s manhattan projects shows how competing visions of renewal and the contests that revolved around its implementation could create symbols of both cultural significance and urban decline