Walking home : the life and lessons of a city builder / Ken Greenberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Greenberg, Ken.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urban renewal.

Urban cores.

Inner cities.

City planning.

Sustainable urban development.

Physical Description:

384 pages : illustrations, portrait ; 21 cm

Edition:

Vintage Canada edition, 2012.

Place of Publication:

Toronto : Vintage Canada, 2012.

Summary:

In this Inspiring and Practical book, one of the world's foremost urban designers shares insights and strategies for rejuvenating neglected cities, and argues passionately for the importance and possibilities of their renewal. From tough lessons learned as a young architect and designer in the seventies and eighties, trying to bring people and businesses back to downtowns, to recent city-budding projects throughout North America, Ken Greenberg has tackled just about every problem a troubled city could present. The methods he developed in response to these challenges, and his lasting friendship with urban guru Jane Jacobs, have become the very means by which her revolutionary ideas are now put to work. Filled with anecdotes and privileged looks at the inner workings of his practice, Walking Home is both Greenberg's story and a lesson in turning the world's urban spaces back into places that can give us not only a platform to face the challenges of the future, but also a place we can call, with pride and satisfaction, home. Book jacket.

Contents:

The city on the ropes

The city rebounding

The elusive art/science of city building

New tools and teams

Cities perpetual re-invent themselves

Reclaiming the public realm

Managing change in democratic settings

Redeeming the promise of cities.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780307358158

0307358151

OCLC:

651119230