Return to the city : how to restore old buildings and ourselves in America's historic urban neighborhoods / by Richard Ernie Reed ; photos. by the author except where noted.

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Reed, Richard E.

Title & Author:

Return to the city : how to restore old buildings and ourselves in America's historic urban neighborhoods / by Richard Ernie Reed ; photos. by the author except where noted.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1979.

Description:

xiii, 191 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-184).
Part 1 : I dream of home -- To find beauty again -- Part 2 : Where it's happening -- A celebration of Victorians: San Francisco -- Building the future from the past: St.Paul -- A historic city hidden among the high-rises: Chicago -- You can go home again: Marshall -- A city saved in spite of itself: Portland -- The quiet revolution of the poor: New York City -- The nicest city to come back to: Savannah -- Getting a new lease on life: Galveston -- Part 3 : The struggle to preserve -- The end of optimism and the beginning of hope -- How to come back to the city - and stay -- Is preservation "economically feasible?" -- How to organize for self-preservation -- Creating a new identity -- How to assure design unity: in a building, a community -- How to gain control of your community -- How to put new life into old structures -- Part 4 : Must preservation mean displacement? -- Looking beyond preservation -- Part 5 : Getting started: whom can you call for help? -- How to restore a building.
Also issued online.

Summary:

"This book will evaluate both the aesthetic issues of back-to-the-city life and the practical issues of accomplishing effective restoration and revitalization of neighborhoods"--Page xiii.
Profiled cities include: San Fransico, St. Paul, Chicago, Marshall, Portland, New Yori City, Savannah and Galveston.

Resources:
French equivalent / Équivalent français

ISBN:

0385140428
9780385140423

Subject:

Historic buildings Conservation and restoration United States.
Architecture Conservation and restoration United States.
Monuments historiques Conservation et restauration États-Unis.
Architecture Conservation et restauration États-Unis.
Architecture Conservation and restoration
Historic buildings Conservation and restoration
United States

Holdings:

Location: Library main 25089
Call No.: PO2438; ID:88-B11298
Status: Available

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