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Historic preservation and the livable city / Eric Allison and Lauren Peters.
Fine Arts Library NA9053.H76 A42 2011
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Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection NA9053.H76 A42 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Allison, Eric (Eric W.), 1947-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- City planning--Social aspects.
- City planning.
- Historic preservation.
- Architecture--Human factors.
- Architecture.
- Architecture and society.
- Physical Description:
- x, 254 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, 2011.
- Summary:
- For both the preservation professional and urban planner, this book shows how preservation is a key to the creation of livable cities. The author Eric Allison, the founder and coordinator of the graduate historic preservation program at Pratt Institute in New York City, offers tools and case studies that preservationists and planners can learn from in implementing preservation projects or plans in cities large and small. This book is a must read for anyone working in or interested in these fields and the creation and maintenance of livable cities. -- Product Description.
- Contents:
- What this book is about
- Using (and not using) the past
- What is historic preservation?
- The actors : community groups and governments
- The actors : community groups and governments case study : Station Square, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Intersections : how they work together
- Bringing them back from the malls : revitalizing downtown
- Bringing them back from the malls : revitalizing downtown case study : Chattanooga, Tennessee
- Using the tools we have : urban planning tools that preserve historic character
- Using the tools we have : urban planning tools that preserve historic character : case study : Dallas, Texas
- Neighborhoods for great living : historic districts
- Neighborhoods for great living : historic districts case study : Manchester, Pennsylvania
- Sustainable development and historic preservation
- Sustainable development and historic preservation : case study : The Cobb Building, Seattle, Washington
- New urbanism versus the livable city
- New urbanism versus the livable city : case study : Radburn, New Jersey
- The global picture.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Gift of Janet Grace.
- ISBN:
- 9780470381922
- 0470381922
- OCLC:
- 609102528
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