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Modern civic art; or, The city made beautiful / by Charles Mulford Robinson.

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Fine Arts Library - Locked Case (ask at desk) NA9030 .R62 1904
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Robinson, Charles Mulford, 1869-1917.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Art, Municipal.
Physical Description:
xi, 381 pages : frontispiece, plates. ; 25 cm
Edition:
Second edition.
Place of Publication:
New York ; London : G. P. Putnam's sons, 1904.
Contents:
Introduction. A new day for cities. What civic art is.
The city's focal points: The water approach. The land approach. The administrative centre.
In the business district: The street plan of the business district. Architecture in the business district. The furnishings of the street. Adorning with fountains and sculpture.
In the residential sections: Street plotting among the homes. On great avenues. On minor residential streets. Among the tenements.
The city at large: Comprehensive planning. Open spaces. Parkways. Distribution and location of parks. Park development. Temporary and occasional decoration.
Index.
OCLC:
3284581

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