Cities Back from the Edge - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Cities Back from the Edge write by Roberta Brandes Gratz. This book was released on 2000-01-27. Cities Back from the Edge available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "A love song for the city . . . [this] volume, attractivelypackaged and richly illustrated, is really a cookbook for downtownrevitalization." --Wall Street Journal In this pioneering book on successful urban recovery, two urbanexperts draw on their firsthand observations of downtown changeacross the country to identify a flexible, effective approach tourban rejuvenation. From transportation planning and sprawlcontainment to the threat of superstore retailers, they address ahost of key issues facing our cities today. Roberta Brandes Gratz (New York, NY), an award-winning journalistand urban critic, is author of the urban design classic The LivingCity. A former staff reporter for the New York Post, Gratz haswritten for the New York Times Magazine and other publications.Norman Mintz (New York, NY) has played a leading role in the fieldof downtown revitalization for more than twenty-five years. He isDesign Director at the 34th Street Partnership in New York City anda consultant on downtown revitalization across the country.
Beyond the Edge
Beyond the Edge - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Beyond the Edge write by Raymond Gastil. This book was released on 2002-10-25. Beyond the Edge available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Through an insightful look at projects from around the world and at the current design proposals for New York itself, the author paints a portrait of redevelopment that is both pragmatic and visionary, one that holds the promise of reconnecting New Yorkers to their waterfront as a vital place of work and of public life."--BOOK JACKET.
Historic Cities
Historic Cities - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Historic Cities write by Jeff Cody. This book was released on 2019-07-30. Historic Cities available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This new volume in the GCI's Readings in Conservation series brings together a selection of seminal writings on the conservation of historic cities. This book, the eighth in the Getty Conservation Institute’s Readings in Conservation series, fills a significant gap in the published literature on urban conservation. This topic is distinct from both heritage conservation and urban planning despite the recent growth of urbanism worldwide, no single volume has presented a comprehensive selection of these important writings until now. This anthology, profusely illustrated throughout, is organized into eight parts, covering such subjects as geographic diversity, reactions to the transformation of traditional cities, reading the historic city, the search for contextual continuities, the search for values, and the challenges of sustainability. With more than sixty-five texts, ranging from early polemics by Victor Hugo and John Ruskin to a generous selection of recent scholarship, this book thoroughly addresses regions around the globe. Each reading is introduced by short prefatory remarks explaining the rationale for its selection and the principal matters covered. The book will serve as an easy reference for administrators, professionals, teachers, and students faced with the day-to-day challenges confronting the historic city under siege by rampant development.
City Edge
City Edge - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook City Edge write by Esther Charlesworth. This book was released on 2006-08-11. City Edge available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This series of essays outlines a number of case studies from Europe, North America, Australia and Asia and provides first hand accounts of the experiences that planners, architects and politicians have had in reshaping cities. These insights provide a pragmatic assessment of the challenges and constraints posed by changing patterns of urban growth in a broad spectrum of urban environments. The reader will discover, through these multiple voices and views, the diverse forms of global cities, and will have a grasp of where the debate on urban design stands today, and where it may be going in the future.
The Aesthetics Of Human Environments
The Aesthetics Of Human Environments - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Aesthetics Of Human Environments write by Arnold Berleant. This book was released on 2007-05-24. The Aesthetics Of Human Environments available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Aesthetics of Human Environments is a companion volume to Carlson’s and Berleant’s The Aesthetics of Natural Environments. Whereas the earlier collection focused on the aesthetic appreciation of nature, The Aesthetics of Human Environments investigates philosophical and aesthetics issues that arise from our engagement with human environments ranging from rural landscapes to urban cityscapes. Our experience of public spaces such as shopping centers, theme parks, and gardens as well as the impact of our personal living spaces on the routine activities of our everyday life are discussed in terms of their aesthetic value and the nature of our aesthetic appreciation. This volume will appeal to any reader concerned about the aesthetic quality of the world in which we live.
