01980nam a2200337Ia 4500 217086 217086 pucpr 20200309194301.0 062210s1994 a r 001 0 eng 93005752 0801846471 0801846463 pucpr eng rda pucpr pucpr spa CARIBET NA705 F67 1994 Ford, Larry 1943- 224748 Cities and Buildings Skyscrappers, skid rows, and suburbs Larry R. Ford. txt Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press 1994 iii,304p. ill. 25cm. ill rdacontent txt text rdamedia n unmediaded rdacarrier nc volume Creating The North American Landscape Includes Bibliographical references (p. 281-296) and index. Include index Contents: Preface: Thinking about Cities; or, My World and Welcome to It -- Introduction: Merging the Traditions of Space and Place -- 1. Downtown Buildings: The Role of the Skyscraper in Shaping the American Central Business District -- 2. The Downtown Frame: Buildings in Transition -- 3. Places to Shop: Arcades, Bazaars, and Festival Centers -- 4. The American Single-Family House -- 5. Multiunit Housing and City Structure -- 6. Drive-in Dreams: Decades of Design on the American Commercial Strip -- 7. Architectural Innovations at Home and Abroad: Some Speculations on Future Trends. In offering an account of the relationship between urban architecture - especially vernacular architecture - and the spatial arrangement and development of cities in North America, this book shows how changes in the built environment parallel changes in urban economies and human culture. Architecture United States. 54081 Local City planning United States. 73701 Local 6 NA705 lcc General F67 1994 0 0 lcc 0 0 beal 4 4 33 2009-09-08 amazon 18.00 450080 0 General NA705 F67 1994 91000000003590 2016-05-27 00:00:00 1 28.00 2009-09-08 6