Jane Jacobs Urban Visionary

Name: Jane Jacobs Urban Visionary
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ISBN: 9780002008020

ISBN-10: 0002008025

ISBN-13: 9780002008020

Edition: 2005

Authors: Alice Sparberg Alexiou

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Today, we take for granted the wisdom of renovating old factory buildings into malls or condos, of making once decaying waterfronts like Baltimore's and New York's into vibrant public spaces, of protecting historic buildings under landmark laws, or of building public housing on a human scale rather than as high-rises. In contemporary cities, it is now common for community groups to plant gardens in empty lots, and to buy abandoned apartment buildings from the city for a dollar and fix them up. But these and other urban planning policies and practices have not always been accepted. Before they became widespread practice, they were the visionary ideas of the writer and urban commentator Jane…

Book details

List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Publication date: 5/11/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Size: 6.19" wide x 9.31" long x 1.14" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

ALICE SPARBERG ALEXIOU is the author of Jane Jacobs: Urban Visionary. Learn more online at www.alicesparbergalexiou.com.