American playgrounds : revitalizing community space / Susan Solomon.

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Solomon, Susan G.

Title & Author:

American playgrounds : revitalizing community space / Susan Solomon.

Publication:

Description:

xiii, 251 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-246) and index.
The Past -- History: Pre-1960 -- History: 1960-1995 -- The Present -- Patrons -- Strategies -- Variants -- Remedies.

Summary:

"During the past decade an elite few American architects, landscape architects, and sculptors, including Stanley Saltowitz, Walter Hood, and Mary Miss, have pioneered the restoration of aesthetic and developmental values to play areas for young people. Susan G. Solomon appraises these success stories and proposes fresh and urgent remedies that blend excellent design principles, innovative planning, and affordability - a vision for the future of the playground in America.
Supplementing her impeccable command of primary and secondary sources with hundreds of hours of interviews with designers and clients, the author confronts a seriously under-developed topic with powerful and complex arguments rich in social history, law, theories of play and childhood, and urban planning. Readers will be inspired - and equipped - to take up the gauntlet of advocacy for superior American playgrounds." "American Playgrounds will fascinate diverse constituencies, including parents, educators, policymakers, and art, architectural and cultural historians. For those commissioning, funding, designing, and overseeing playgrounds, it will be indispensable."--Jacket.

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ISBN:

1584655178 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9781584655176 (cloth ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Playgrounds United States Planning.
Playgrounds United States History.
Terrains de jeux États-Unis Planification.
Terrains de jeux États-Unis Histoire.
Playgrounds.
Playgrounds Planning.
Planung
Spielplatz
United States.
USA

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 241778
Call No.: BIB 171625
Status: Available

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