A kind of genius : Herb Sturz and society's toughest problems /
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| Author / Creator: | Roberts, Sam, 1947- |
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Imprint: | New York : PublicAffairs, c2009. |
| Description: | viii, 346 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7707161 |
Table of Contents:
- Prologue: Herb's Children
- Part I. The Outsider
- 1. Only Connect
- 2. Boys' Life Goes to Jail
- 3. The Feminine Form of True
- Part II. The Innovator
- 4. Vera's Bailiwick
- 5. Summons to the Bowery
- 6. Beyond the Bowery
- 7. The Wildcats Strike
- 8. In the Summer of Sam
- Part III. The Insider
- 9. Politics and Poker
- Part IV. The Social Planner
- 10. The Process Broker
- 11. Planning the Visionary City
- Part V. Tackling Times Square
- 12. The Longest-Running Joke in New York
- 13. The New Times Square
- Part VI. The Benefactor
- 14. A Planner Faces Reality
- 15. A Winter's Tale at the Bonfire of the Vanities
- 16. "As Long As I'm Doing Something That Matters"
- Epilogue: Always Connect
- Acknowledgments
- A Note On Sources
- Index
