AcknowledgementsIntroduction: The Powers of PlaceChapter 1: Downtown Is For People: Competing Visions of the Ideal American CityChapter 2: Older, Smaller, Better: How Older Buildings Enhance Urban VitalityChapter 3: Making It Work for Your City: Unleashing the Power and Potential of Historic FabricChapter 4: Buildings Reborn: Keeping Historic Properties in Active UseChapter 5: Our Diverse History: Towards More Inclusive History and CommunitiesChapter 6: Mitigating the Great Inversion: The Problems of Affordability and DisplacementChapter 7: The Greenest Buildings: Preservation, Climate Change, and the EnvironmentConclusion: The Future of the Past: Livable Cities and the Future of PreservationNotesBibliographyAbout the AuthorsIndex