Main entry:

Sucher, David, author.

Title & Author:

City comforts : how to build an urban village / David Sucher ; photographs by David Sucher except as noted ; sketches by Kevin Kane.

Publication:

Seattle : City Comforts Press, 1995.

Description:

176 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 170) and index.
How to build an urban village -- Some over-riding principles -- Bumping into people -- Knowing where you are -- Children in the city -- Feeling safe -- Little necessities -- Smoothing edges : buffers & shields -- Fitting in -- Waste not, want not : old shoes are more comfortable -- Getting around -- Personalizing the city with art : "Kilroy was here" -- Some final thoughts -- How to learn more -- What this book is not about.

Summary:

" The book shows examples of small things -- City Comforts -- that make urban life pleasant: places where people can meet, methods to tame cars and to make buildings good neighbors, art that infuses personality into locations and makes them into places. Many of these small details are so obvious as to be invisible."--Page 4 of cover.

ISBN:

0964268000
9780964268005

Subject:

City planning.
Community development, Urban.
Urban beautification.
Développement communautaire urbain.

Added entries:

Kane, Kevin, 1954- illustrator.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 193150
Call No.: ID HT165.5.S823; ID:97-B4207
Status: Available