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Urban design downtown : poetics and politics of form

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: California University of California press 1998Description: xxix,350,ipISBN:
  • 9780520209305
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DDC classification:
  • 307.121609794 LOU
Contents:
CONTENTS List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xiv Introduction: The New Downtown xviii Part One The Evolution of Downtown Form The Changing Face of Downtown 3 Models of Downtown Design 35 Corporate Production of Downtown Space 73 Part Two The Politics of Development The Politics of Place Making 103 The Two Faces of Downtown 151 Public Life and Space in Transition 175 Part Three The Poetics of Form The Poetics of Corporate Open Spaces 199 One Percent Aesthetics 233 Theming and Stage Setting: The Story of Production and Promotion 255 Postmodern Urban Form 277 Epilogue: Challenges for Downtown Urban Design 299 Notes 309 Bibliography 322 Index 345
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CONTENTS
List of Illustrations ix
Acknowledgments xiv
Introduction: The New Downtown xviii
Part One The Evolution of Downtown Form
The Changing Face of Downtown 3
Models of Downtown Design 35
Corporate Production of Downtown Space 73
Part Two The Politics of Development
The Politics of Place Making 103
The Two Faces of Downtown 151
Public Life and Space in Transition 175
Part Three The Poetics of Form
The Poetics of Corporate Open Spaces 199
One Percent Aesthetics 233
Theming and Stage Setting: The Story of Production and Promotion 255
Postmodern Urban Form 277
Epilogue: Challenges for Downtown Urban Design 299
Notes 309
Bibliography 322
Index 345

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