Business improvement districts and the contradictions of placemaking : BID urbanism in Washington, D.C. / Susanna F. Schaller.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schaller, Susanna F. (Author)
Language:English
Published: Athens, Georgia : University of Georgia Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Central business districts > Washington (D.C.) > Planning.
Gentrification > Washington (D.C.)
Washington (D.C.) > Social conditions.
Central business districts > Planning.
Gentrification.
Social conditions.
Washington (D.C.)
Physical Description:xiii, 282 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction. BID urbanism in Washington, D.C.
  • Framing BID urbanism and placemaking
  • Urban governance and planning before BIDs
  • The push for BIDs
  • Bid urbanism oils the gentrification machine
  • Situating Adams Morgan and Mount Pleasant
  • Neighborhood identities collide
  • BID urbanism and the politics of exclusion
  • BIDs as clubs
  • Conclusion. BID urbanism beyond D.C.
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.