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020			_a0262631202
082			_a728.0979 _bMOU
100			_aMoudon, Anne Vernez _951685
245			_aBuilt for change : _bneighborhood architecture in San Francisco
260			_aCambridge _bMIT Press _c1989
300			_axx,286p.
505			_aContents Preface xi Introduction xv Part One: Genesis and Evolution Chapter 1 Change in the Architecture of Alamo Square 1 Walking and Observing 5 The Use of Maps for Observation Purposes 8 Chapter 2 Some History 25 The Gridiron and Early Surveys 27 Squatters and the Struggle for Land Titles 28 The Western and Other Additions 32 Public Interest 35 Transportation 39 Early Land Subdivision and Development Industry 39 Early House Construction Industry 41 The Effects of Pre-grid Development 42 Anticipating Future Development 46 Alleys and Small Lots 47 Differences between Individual and Speculative Building 49 Part Two: Design and Building Traditions in the Nineteenth Century Chapter 3 Elements of Order: Gridiron, Lots, and Boxes 51 A Closer Look at Land Subdivision 51 A Closer Look at House Design 56 Fronts and Backs: The Public and Private Facades 66 Order and Disorder, Unity and Variety: The Settlers' Options 71 Chapter 4 Elements of Variety: Street Ends, House Bases, Setbacks, and Location within the Block 75 Demands of the Natural Environment 75 Limited Prescriptions 81 Traditions Are Not Laws 86 Chapter 5 The Physical Structure of Urban Space: 1890s 89 Elements and Scales 89 Rules 91 Emerging Rules for the Architecture of City Blocks 92 Rigidity and Ingenuity 92 Part Three: Changing Traditions in the Twentieth Century Chapter 6 Apartment Buildings 97 Changes in the Subdivision of Land 97 New Collective House Forms 100 Public and Private Facades 116 Building Bases 119 Chapter 7 New Physical Structures of Urban Space: 1 920s and 1 960s 1 25 The 1920s Structure of Space 125 The 1960s Structure of Space 127 The Structure of Space as a Design Tool 131 Part Four: Lessons in City and Building Design Chapter 8 The Incremental Nature of Change 133 The Nature of Coexistence 134 What Comes First Remains 134 Lots as Increments of Change 139 Bridging City Design and Architecture 144 Chapter 9 The Issue of Control 145 Two Forms of Control: Tenure and Inhabitation 145 Land Aggregation and Collectivization of Residential Space 146 Loss of Control 147 The Condominium as a Response 150 Chapter 10 Density, Building, and City Design 151 Ten Blocks in Alamo Square 151 Densities 152 Loss in Density 1 52 Building in the Middle of the Block 153 Chapter 1 1 Meeting the Unexpected: Breathing Spaces and Resilience 157 Resilience at the City Scale 158 Resilience within Buildings 176 Lessons for Design 188 Afterthoughts 188 Epilogue How San Francisco Planned for Change 191 Appendix A The Data and the Analyses 243 Appendix B Detailed Data of Ten Blocks 249 Bibliography 261 Sources and Credits 273 Index 277
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891			_aGratis from Dr. Bharat Dave
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