If cars could talk : essays on urbanism / William H. Fain., Jr.

Main entry:

Fain, William H., Jr.

Title & Author:

If cars could talk : essays on urbanism / William H. Fain., Jr.

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

Glendale, California : Balcony Press, 2012.

Description:

159 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 21 cm

Notes:
Foreword by Robert Campbell.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 150-153) and index.
Preface -- Introduction -- Good life city -- Enough is enough -- Understanding bigness -- Illumination -- Urban infrastructure -- Crash -- Time-form -- Trash -- Knowledge city -- Creative island -- Appendix : figure ground exhibits.

Summary:

Examines urban environments, how they are born, change, and die, and offers fresh approaches to unlocking our cities' great potential.

ISBN:

9781890449582 (paperback)
189044958X (paperback)

Subject:

City planning.
City and town life.
Urbanization.
Vie urbaine.
Urbanisation.
urbanization.
Stadtplanung
Urban planning.

Form/genre:

Essays.

Added entries:

Campbell, Robert, 1937-

Essays on urbanism

Holdings:

Location: Library main 279588
Call No.: BIB 215708
Status: Available

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