The highway and the city / by Lewis Mumford.

Main entry:

Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990, author.

Title & Author:

The highway and the city / by Lewis Mumford.

Publication:

Description:

viii, 246 pages ; 19 cm.

Series:

A Harvest book

Notes:
Babel in Europe -- East end urbanity -- Old forms for new towns -- A walk through Rotterdam -- The cave, the city, and the flower -- The Marseille 'Folly' -- Unesco house: out, damned cliché! -- Unesco house: the hidden treasure -- From crochet castle to Arthur's seat -- London - to the skies! -- Lady Godiva's town -- What Wright hath wrought -- The Pennsylvania Station nightmare -- Frozen-faced embassy -- The case against 'modern architecture' -- Historic Philadelphia: I -- Historic Philadelphia: II -- Historic Philadelphia: III -- Historic Philadelphia: IV -- The skyway's the limit -- Landscape and townscape -- The highway and the city.
Also issued online.

ISBN:

0156402165
9780156402163

Subject:

Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990
Cities and towns History.
Villes Histoire.
Cities and towns.

Form/genre:

Writings.
History.

Added entries:

Harvest book.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 226891
Call No.: NA44.M962.A35 1963
Status: Available

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