Title & Author:

The Seaside debates : a critique of the new urbanism / Seaside Institute, Seaside, Florida ; [edited by Todd Bressi ; preface by Robert Davis].

Publication:

New York : Rizzoli ; London : Troika, 2002.

Description:

160 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm

Notes:
"The material in this book first surfaced at a symposium convened by the Seaside Institute in September 1998--Acknowledgments.
Includes index.
Congress for the New Urbanism / Stefanos Polyzoides -- Charter of the New Urbanism / Elizabeth Moule -- Notes on the lexicon of the New Urbanism / Andres Duany -- Notes on the history of the New Urbanism / Peter Katz -- Charter of the New Urbanism -- New vision of urbanism / Jaquelin Robertson -- Arguing the "against" position : New Urbanism as a means of building and rebuilding our cities / Alex Krieger -- Revitalization of Main Street, Kendall, Florida / Victor Dover -- Crawford Square and Bedford Dwellings / Raymond L. Gindroz -- Seattle Commons, Seattle, Washington / Douglas S. Kelbaugh -- Pasadena Civic Center, Pasadena, California / Elizabeth Moule -- Civano, Tucson, Arizona / Stefanos Polyzoides -- Carlyle, Alexandria, Virginia / Brian Shea -- Cornell, Markham, Ontario / Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk -- Three urban blocks / Daniel Solomon -- Urban things and urbanism / Donlyn Lyndon.

Summary:

This series of presentations and critiques, which took place at the Seaside Institute in Seaside, Florida, highlights the major issues of New Urbanism as they were discussed by the key players in the field, such as Andres Duany, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, Stefanos Polyzoides, and Daniel Solomon, as well as such academic critics as Witold Rybczynski, Colin Rowe, Judith DiMaio, Alex Krieger, Alan Plattus, and others. Issues of growth management, promotion of civic life, land conservation, and rational transportation were discussed, focusing on eight U.S. and Canadian cities as examples.

Resources:
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

0847823458
9780847823451

Subject:

Urban policy.
City planning.
Politique urbaine.
Kritik
Stadtplanung
Städtebau
Urban policy United States.
City planning United States.
Stadsplanering (estetik)
Stadsplanering.
USA

Form/genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.
Conference papers (document genres)
Debates.

Added entries:

Bressi, Todd W., editor.
Seaside Institute.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 223884
Call No.: HT166 .S4 2002
Status: Available