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'Bowling for Communism' illuminates how civic life functioned in Leipzig, East Germany's second-largest city, on the eve of the 1989 revolution by exploring acts of 'urban ingenuity' amid catastrophic urban decay. Andrew Demshuk profiles the creative activism of local communist officials who, with the help of scores of volunteers, constructed a palatial bowling alley without Berlin's knowledge or approval.

Urban renewal --- Communism and architecture --- Architecture and state --- City planning --- State and architecture --- Cities and towns --- Civic planning --- Land use, Urban --- Model cities --- Redevelopment, Urban --- Slum clearance --- Town planning --- Urban design --- Urban development --- Urban planning --- Land use --- Planning --- Art, Municipal --- Civic improvement --- Regional planning --- Urban policy --- Architecture and communism --- Architecture --- Renewal, Urban --- Urban redevelopment --- Urban renewal projects --- Citizen participation. --- Political aspects --- History --- Government policy --- Management --- Leipzig (Germany) --- Germany (East) --- Buildings, structures, etc. --- Politics and government --- Leipsic (Germany) --- Laĭptsig (Germany) --- Leipsia (Germany) --- Lipsia (Germany) --- Laixich (Germany) --- Lipsk (Germany) --- Sociology of environment --- Political systems --- anno 1980-1989 --- Leipzig --- East Germany, 1989 Revolution, urban planning, civic initiative, late Communism.