Jim Rouse
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Author | : Paul Marx |
Publisher | : University Press of America |
Total Pages | : 268 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780761839446 |
Jim Rouse: Capitalist/Idealist is the story of a very special businessman. A successful capitalist--a real estate developer--Jim Rouse led his life as a practicing idealist. He sought to help people enrich their lives. He wanted people to live in an enjoyable environment and to experience the joy in caring for each other. But he knew that to raise the capital to accomplish those goals his companies had to be profitable. As an enthusiast of urban renewal, he worked to rid core downtown areas of American cities of blight and despair. He created indoor malls in the new post-war suburbs that would be focal points for community life. He developed a whole new city--Columbia, Maryland--to show what an American city could be like. For one thing, it would be a city totally integrated racially, a city in which anyone could buy or rent on any street. In retirement, Rouse founded the Enterprise Foundation to produce profits that would be used to provide the poorest of Americans with a decent place to live. Rouse was one of America's first practitioners of social enterprise.
Author | : Paul Marx |
Publisher | : CreateSpace |
Total Pages | : 180 |
Release | : 2010-06-02 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781450599641 |
. After surveying the styles, goals, and motives of some major American leaders, Another Kind of Leader focuses on the distinctive leadership of Jim Rouse. As a real estate developer, social entrepreneur, and activist for social justice, Rouse refused to let himself be driven by self-interest. His governing motives were to help poor people survive, to help middle-class people grow, and to nourish a spirit of community in his towns and malls. Rouse was truly another kind of leader.
Author | : Joshua Olsen |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2014-10 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 9780874203424 |
A visionary developer and master planner, James Rouse was a key figure in the story of how and why the United States was built the way it was during the last half century. This engaging biography touches upon all aspects of Rouse's life.
Author | : Joseph Rocco Mitchell |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 252 |
Release | : 2007-03-31 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1614230994 |
Published in anticipation of Columbias fortieth anniversary in 2007, this book showcases the history of one of the nations leading new towns. Built from the brilliant plan developed by visionary designer James Rouse, Columbias innovative design is the foundation for a unique community that has thrived for decades and flourishes today.
Author | : James W. Rouse |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 71 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Low-income housing |
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Author | : James Holechek |
Publisher | : iUniverse |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 2003-05-08 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0595273580 |
Baltimore's Two Cross Keys Villages is about two communities virtually next door to one another. As one was dying, the other was born. Cross Keys Village (named after a nearby inn) was established by African Americans in north Baltimore. Forty years ago, in a surprise rush to urban renewal, the city condemned and tore down most of the homes to make room for a high school parking lot. Author Jim Holechek interviewed many of the former residents of the old Cross Keys Village to learn what life was like in their disappearing enclave. The Village of Cross Keys (named after the village that was named after the inn) was begun by developer James Rouse in 1961 when he purchased Roland Park's exclusive golf course. He was called the "Sunday School teacher with a Midas touch" and became America's premier builder of new towns and shopping malls. In Baltimore's Two Cross Keys Villages, you'll learn about the tapestry of other hamlets and other people, of "The Falls Road," Mt. Washington, Bare Hills and Ruxton, an 1835 log chapel and a woman who carries on the heritage of the slave Tobias. Brief comments from those who read Baltimore's Two Cross Keys Villages: "Terrific!" -John McGrain, Official Baltimore Country Historian; "Must be published" -Sarah Fenno Lord; "Important Maryland history" -Thomas Mallonee, advertising executive; "Marvelous memories" -Paul M. Johnson, retired school principal; "Warm and engrossing"-Holly Parker; "Captivating!" -W. Scott Ditch, retired Rouse Company vice president.
Author | : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Financial Services. Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 172 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Federal aid to housing |
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Author | : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Subcommittee on Housing and Urban Affairs |
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Total Pages | : 98 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Law |
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Author | : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs |
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Total Pages | : 144 |
Release | : 1989 |
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Author | : Boyd Gibbons |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 234 |
Release | : 2010-09-30 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1136526617 |
Today, most of the 2,800 tranquil acres that make up Wye Island are managed by the Maryland Park Service. However, from 1973 to 1974, the island was the site of a raging controversy. A major developer, James Rouse, wanted to build a compact waterfront village that would be surrounded by large estates, protected farms, and wetlands. A boyhood resident of nearby Easton, Maryland, Rouse hoped that the island could avoid the sprawl of unplanned subdivisions that were marring so many other places along the Eastern Shore. Combining history, journalism, character sketches, and sharp sociological insight, Boyd Gibbons presents the conflict over Wye Island in its multiple dimensions - as an example of the emerging community-based activism of the 1960s and 70s, and of a community that, while exercising its right to preserve its identity, denies opportunities for its members to improve their lives through change. In fact, Wye Island proves not to be the environmental David-Goliath struggle that might be expected. For one thing, residents opposed a development plan that can be regarded as an early model for 'smart growth.' And many were no more favorably disposed to a park or preserve than to a planned village. Their interest was in protecting the community from an invasion of immigrants from ethnically diverse Baltimore and Washington, and, where the wealthy were concerned, protecting some very private views of the water. In the end, rich landowners, poor 'natives,' and many recent newcomers opposed the Rouse project - distrusting change, and, above all, fearing 'outsiders.' The special reprint of Wye Island includes a new foreword by distinguished environmental historian Adam Rome, who explores the enduring themes of Wye Island in context of the current debates about land use, development, and sprawl.