Title & Author:

Urban open spaces / [Lisa Taylor, editor].

Publication:

New York : Cooper-Hewitt Museum, ©1979.

Description:

64 pages : illustrations ; 40 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 63).
Editor's notes / by Lisa Taylor -- The collective perception of cities / by Lawrence Halprin -- The historical development of urban open space / by Dora Polk Crouch -- National concerns for the urban environment / by Cecil D. Andrus -- Warning, the Surgeon General has determined that open space ... / by Peter Blake -- Utopia wasn't yesterday / by Russell Lynes -- The psychology of city space / by William Kornblum -- Open space, freedom and control / by Stephen Carr and Kevin Lynch -- The management of open spaces / by August Heckscher -- Open space legislation / by Donald Elliott -- Wishful thinking legislation : what urban open space legislation would you most like to see enacted? -- The urban park as a work of art / by Henry Hope Reed -- The public park needs reappraisal / by J.B. Jackson -- Urban recreation / by John A. Dreyfuss -- Places for play / by Stanley Abercrombie -- Mobility in programming / by Catherine Hannah Behrend -- The search for new spaces / by C. Ray Smith -- Conceptual projects -- Reclaiming our waterfronts / by Wolf Von Eckardt -- Waterfronts -- Dreaming of urban plazas / by Robert Jensen -- Pedestrian malls / by Bernhard Winkler and Reinhold Mahler -- Plazas and pedestrian malls -- Images of special places / by Richard B. Oliver -- Favorite open spaces -- Architectural details -- Architectural elements / by Gerald Allen -- Street-life activities -- Street-life activities / by Karin Bacon -- A guide to peoplewatching / by William H. Whyte -- Fortunate accidents / by Brendan Gill -- Urban strollways / by M. Paul Friedberg -- Revitalizing streets / by Arne Abramson -- Open spaces--open to all / Edmond J. Leonard -- Urban identities / by Ian McHarg -- Art without museums / by Martin Filler -- Outdoor art -- Street furniture / by Carter Wiseman -- Street furniture -- Urban environmental design / by Andrew F. Euston, Jr. -- Public graphics -- Graphic design in public / by Ivan Chermayeff -- Urban air quality, problems and prospects / by David Cohen and Herbert Luger -- Crime and vandalism / by Blair G. Ewing and Allan Wallis -- Community gardens -- The greening of cities / by Liz Christy -- Interim lots / by Jan G. Brown and Karl Katz -- Community gardens -- Neighborhood land trusts / by Peter R. Stein -- New directions in botanical gardens and zoos / interviews by C. Ray Smith -- Urban wilds / by Elizabeth Barlow -- Gardening in an urban environment / by James R. Buckler -- Cultivating green communities / by Karl Linn -- Selected reading list -- Trees for use in the city.

Resources:
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Subject:

City planning United States.
Open spaces United States.
Espaces verts États-Unis.
City planning.
Open spaces.
United States.

Form/genre:

Ausstellungskatalog 1979 New York, NY.

Added entries:

Taylor, Lisa, 1933-1991.
Cooper-Hewitt Museum.

Holdings:

Location: Library main m 91281
Call No.: ID:93-B410
Status: Available