03134nam a2200385Ia 4500 pucpr 20251219095701.0 150422t20142014dcua 000 m eng d 2014944763 9781610915830 pucpr eng pucpr pucpr rda CARIBET HT170 L464 2014 307.3/416 23 Lerner, Jaime 1937- 245836 Urban Acupuncture : celebrating pinpricks of change that Enrich City Life. / Jaime Lerner. txt Washington : Island press, 2014. xvi, 143 p. ill. ; 22 cm. book rdacontent text txt rdamedia unmediaded n rdacarrier volume nc Collection of short essays and poems on different aspects of city life and city planning. "This is not a technical or theoretical book; it is a book filled with poetry and magic that communicates the importance of dreaming and, at the same time, being pragmatic and making things happen; to always ask if we have the right solution or if there is a better, maybe a simpler way."--Foreword. Contents: Preface by Carol Coletta, Knight Foundation -- Foreword by Jan Gehl -- Introduction -- 24 Hour Shopkeepers in New York City -- The Old Cinema Novo -- Rescuing a River -- The Forbidden City -- Cali -- Do Nothing! Urgently -- Around the Clock or The 24 Hour City -- Urban Kindness -- Musical Acupuncture -- Continuity is Life -- Street Sounds, Colors and Scents -- Good Recycling -- People in the Streets -- Smart Car, Smart Bus -- Commitment to Solidarity -- Draw Your City -- Instructions for Performing Urban Acupuncture -- Creative Leisure vs. Insdustrious Mediocrity -- Self Esteem Is Good Acupuncture -- Light Is Good Acupuncture -- Aqua puncture -- The Mobility Card -- Eco clock -- Arborescence -- Produced Memory -- Of Parks, Squares and Monuments -- The One Page Guide -- Urban Cholesterol -- Buildings with Dignity -- Acupuncture of Silence -- Ramblas and Galleries -- A Pinprick Doesn’t Hurt -- Trompe L’oeil -- A Letter to Fellini -- How to Find Someone in a City -- The Presence of Genius -- Markets and Street Fairs -- The Bar Counter -- Love for the City -- "As Mayor of Curitiba, Brazil, architect and urbanist Jaime Lerner transformed his city into a global model of sustainability and livability. During more than forty years of innovation in cities, he has learned that changes do not need to be large-scale and expensive to transform -- one block, park, or person can have an outsized effect on life in the surrounding city."--Provided by publisher. Translated from the Portuguese. Urban renewal 183432 Local City planning 73701 Local Civic improvement. Brazil. 73722 Local Civic improvement. 73722 Local Margolis, Mac 249884 Daher, Ariadne 215217 Muello, Peter 256140 lcc 6 HT170 L464 General L464 2014 247829 247829 0 0 lcc 0 0 4 4 33 2015-03-13 amazon 17.53 533428 4 General HT170 L464 2014 91000000043893 2025-02-12 13:37:40 2024-01-24 1 27.53 0000-00-00 6