Sounding Spokane : perspectives on the built environment of a regional city / by David Wang, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wang, David, 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urbanization--Washington (State)--Spokane Region.

Urbanization.

Architecture.

Urban renewal.

City planning.

Spokane Region (Wash.)--Geography.

Spokane Region (Wash.).

City planning--Washington (State)--Spokane.

Urban renewal--Washington (State)--Spokane.

Architecture--Washington (State)--Spokane.

Washington (State)--Spokane.

Washington (State)--Spokane Region.

Physical Description:

viii, 196 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Spokane : Eastern Washington University Press, [2003]

Summary:

What does being an urban center for a large geographical region do to the communal identity of such a city as Spokane? How does the relative youth of the city relate to the sense of place in geography, and in time? These are some of the issues addressed in David Wang's marvelous anthology, the first book of its kind to view the western mid-size regional city as a complex and unique phenomenon. Its in-depth discussions of neighborhood, geography, architectural themes and gambits, parks, urban renewal and preservation, and other aspects of a city's composition, enact a portrait with implications far beyond Spokane itself. Anyone interested in the fate of regional cities in the West will want to read this book.

Contents:

1) Introduction: Spokane at an In-Between / David Wang 1

2) Browne's Addition: A Mirror of Spokane / Douglas William Menzies, David Wang 12

3) Spokane's Neighborhoods Past, Present and Future / David Wang, Susan Brudnicki 28

4) Spokane's Falls and River Gorge: Fostering Ties Between a Community and its Wellspring / Richard B. Hastings 43

5) Learning From I-90: The North-South Freeway's Implications for Urban Form / William Grimes 61

6) Spokane as Carnival: A Critique of Spokane's Approach to Urban Renewal / Ayad Rahmani 79

7) Authentic Urbanism in Spokane: The East End District / Juliet M. Sinisterra, Matthew M. Melcher 92

8) Spokangeles: How Spokane Made a Movie and Wants to Make More / Frank Swoboda 110

9) The Fox and Spokane's Theatre Heritage / Judy Knaack, Daniel Knaack 124

10) Speculations: The Struggles and Designs of a "Challenger" Architectural Firm in Spokane / Keith Ballantyne, AIA 141

11) The Future From the Past: The Davenport and Historic Preservation in Spokane / Nancy Gale Compau 155

12) Looking Forward: Spokane Falls' Built Environment in the Years to Come / Sue Lani Wicht Madsen 171.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0910055858

OCLC:

51306066