"A thorough and in-depthinvestigation of Bogot?s much- praised urban transformation throughout thelast twenty-five years. By recounting the successes and challenges of two keymayoral administrations in Bogot?-those of Antanas Mockus and Enrique Pe?alosa-Berneymakes a profound argument about the power of investment in public space and itssignifi- cant transformative potential in the contemporary city." -FELIPE CORREA, Harvard University, author of Beyond the City: Resource -Extraction Urbanism in South America"Criticism such as Berneys is fundamental tounderstanding the need for deeper, more profound, and more sustained solu-tions to socioeconomic urban problems that have such long histories."- FELIPE HERN?NDEZ, Kings College Cambridge, architect and author of BeyondModernist Masters: Contemporary Architecture in Latin America