The exploding metropolis / the editors of Fortune.

Main entry:

Fortune Magazine

Title & Author:

The exploding metropolis / the editors of Fortune.

Edition:

[1st ed.].

Publication:

Garden City, New York : Doubleday & Company, 1958.

Description:

193 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
Introduction / William H. Whyte, Jr. -- Are cities un-American? / William H. Whyte, Jr. -- The city and the car / Francis Bello -- New strength in city hall / Seymour Freedgood -- The enduring slums / Daniel Seligman -- Urban sprawl / William H. Whyte, Jr. -- Downtown is for people / Jane Jacobs.
Also issued online.

Summary:

" ... originally appeared as a series of articles in Fortune magazine during the winter and spring of 1957-58, deals with a problem that momentously affects every American: the tremendous and largely chaotic growth of our cities and suburbs."--Jacket.

Subject:

Cities and towns United States.
Villes États-Unis.
Cities and towns.
Planejamento Territorial.
United States.

Added entries:

Fortune Magazine
Fortune.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 69115
Call No.: W12726
Copy: c. 1
Status: Available

Location: Library archives collection 276087
Call No.: ARCH257714
Copy: c. 3
Status: Available

Location: Library main 255385
Call No.: HT123.F69 1958
Copy: c. 2
Status: Available

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