TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ford,Larry
TI  - Cities and Buildings: Skyscrappers, skid rows, and suburbs
T2  - Creating The North American Landscape
SN  - 0801846471
AV  - NA705 F67 1994
PY  - 1994///
CY  - Baltimore : 
PB  - Johns Hopkins University Press
KW  - Architecture
KW  - United States
KW  - Local
KW  - City planning
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -