Main street : how a city's heart connects us all / Mindy Thompson Fullilove, MD ; foreword by Andy Merrifield.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fullilove, Mindy Thompson, author.

Contributor:

Merrifield, Andy, writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Community development--Psychological aspects.

Community development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiii, 294 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : New Village Press, [2020]

Summary:

"How do Main Streets contribute to our mental health? This question took social psychiatrist Mindy Thompson Fullilove on an 11-year search through 178 cities in 14 countries. From informal observations, Fullilove discerns the larger architecture of Main Streets. She describes the myriad ways that Main Streets are shaped for social interactions and how they are a marker for the integrity of civilization. Her illustrated book shows how urban centers are essential for gathering people to share information and to tend civic and commercial tasks that benefit all. She addresses ways cities can cure, not only ills of an inequitable, post-industrial culture, but malaise of a post-pandemic culture seeking reconnection"-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Part I: Learning Main Street

Weather Permitting

Synmorphy

Part II: Box-Circle-Line-Tangle Over Time

Box

Circle

Line

Tangle

Time

Part III: Naming and Framing the Problem

Great Mistake

Exiting Regularity

Trap of the Status Quo

Part IV: Factory of Invention

Planning to Stay

What Happens Next

May I Have the Envelope, Please?

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-61332-129-5

OCLC:

1159616888