TY  - GEN
AU  - Loukaitou-Sideris, Anastasia
AU  - Banerjee, Tridib
TI  - Urban design downtown : poetics and politics of form
SN  - 9780520209305
U1  - 307.121609794 
PY  - 1998///
CY  - California
PB  - University of California press
KW  -  
N1  - 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

ER  -