03068nam a22004097a 4500 pucpr 20251106164022.0 170403s2017 nyu b 000 0 eng 2017016142 9781580934855 paperback pucpr eng pucpr rda pucpr pcc n-us-ny CARIBET HT168.N5 S55 2017 307.1/21609747 23 ARC010000 ARC018000 SOC026030 bisacsh 307.121609747 Shepard, Cassim, author. Cassim Shepard Citymakers : the culture and craft of practical urbanism / Cassim Shepard ; foreword by Rosalie Genevro ; principal photography by Alex Fradkin. Book 1111 New York : The Monacelli Press, 2017. 296 pages 26 cm Illus 26 cm Book 26 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references. Contents : 8 Foreword by Rosalie Genevro -- 18 Chapter 1 The Culture of Citymaking -- 40 Chapter 2 On Stewardship, public goods, and Public Space Incorporate long term use and maintenance, along with the practice of public space design and delivery -- 96 Chapter 3 Multitasking Infrastructures : Means to many ends Reconceive infrastructure as a multi function public good and a constituent element of landscape -- 140 Chapter 4 Technology and the legible city Think inductively; complement measurement with close observation ; embrace technologies that support, rather than disrupt, effective democratic governance -- 202 Chapter 5 Nimble Housing : The Constancy of Change Reconfigure existing housing to meet shifting demographic needs -- 266 Chapter 6 The Ethic of Citymaking -- 282 Acknowledgments -- 285 Bibliography -- 290 Image Credits -- 291 Image Locations -- 292 Index -- "Drawing on six years as the editor of Urban Omnibus, one of the leading publications charting innovations in urban practice, Shepard explores a broad variety of projects in New York, a city at the forefront of experimental and practical research: a constructed wetland in Staten Island, a workforce development and technology program in Red Hook, Brooklyn, a public art installation in a Bronx housing project, a housing advocacy initiative in Jackson Heights, Queens. These and a wide variety of other examples in Citymakers comprise a cross-disciplinary, from-the-ground-up approach that encourage better choices for cities of the future"-- Provided by publisher. City planning New York (State) New York. bisacsh Land use New York (State) New York. ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning. bisacsh ARCHITECTURE / Sustainability & Green Design. bisacsh SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban. bisacsh Genevro, Rosalie, writer of foreword. lcc 6 HT168.N5 General S55 2017 267699 267699 0 0 lcc 0 0 4 4 33 2017-11-07 30.59 0 General HT168.N5 S55 2017 91000000054015 2017-11-29 00:00:00 1 40.59 2017-11-29 6 Pres. 2016 - 2017