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Modern civic art; or, The city made beautiful / by Charles Mulford Robinson.
LIBRA 711 R563a
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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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