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Perfect city : an urban fixer's global search for magic in the modern metropolis / Joe Berridge.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Berridge, Joe, 1946- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- City planning.
- Cities and towns.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (142 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto, ON : Sutherland House, 2019.
- Summary:
- There may not be such a thing as a perfect city, but all great cities have moments of perfection -- perfect streets or buildings, perfect places to raise a family or to relax with a coffee -- and all of them strive for perfection when they undertake grand projects/ Cities, more than ever, are the engines of our economies and the ecosystems in.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- 1. Perfect City
- 2. Patron Saint of the City
- 3. New York - Top of the Spike
- 4. Singapore - The Other Way to Build a City
- 5. London - Turning a City Around
- 6. Manchester - Once Upon a Bomb
- 7. Belfast - Nobody Knows My Troubles
- 8. Toronto - The Accidental Metropolis
- 9. Sydney - The Chocolate Teapot
- 10. Shanghai - Capital of the Future
- 11. And the Perfect City is…
- Acknowledgements
- About the author
- Index
- Backcover.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-9994395-8-9
- OCLC:
- 1355220417
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