Entrée principale:

Tunnard, Christopher.

Titre et auteur:

American skyline : the growth and form of our cities and towns / [by] Christopher Tunnard and Henry Hope Reed. Drawings by John Cohen.

Publication:

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1955.

Description:

302 pages illustrations 22 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction: The temple and the city. Temples of commerce ; Temples to God ; Temples of government -- pt. 1: The Colonial pattern 1607-1776. The first communities ; Courthouse square and "village" green ; The American baroque -- pt. 2: The young republic 1776-1825. The American Roman style ; City planning of the new nation ; The merchant's city ; State capital and college town -- pt. 3: The Romantic era 1825-1850. The speculative pattern ; Labyrinth and milldam ; The coming of amenities ; Romantic taste -- pt. 4: The age of steam and iron 1850-1880. The railroad ; New towns on prairie and mountain ; The city of the Civil War ; The fashion for the picturesque -- pt. 5: The city as a way of life : the expanding city I 1880-1910. The technological wave ; The apartment house and the tall office building ; Railroad towns and industrial suburbs ; The dormitory suburb ; The tenement and the urban reform movement -- pt. 6: The city beautiful : the expanding city II 1880-1910. Palace and monument ; The American Renaissance -- pt. 7: The city of towers 1910-1933. The skyscraper ; Speculation and the automobile ; Planned communities ; The city efficient ; The new city pattern -- pt. 8: The regional city 1933-. The New Deal and World War II ; Victory and after ; Traffic, parking and city planning ; The American tradition -- pt. 9: The seven eras of the American city : a key to significant related factors in the growth, structure and planning of the American community.
Also issued online.

Sujet:

Cities and towns United States.
Villes États-Unis.
Cities and towns
Urbanisme Dessins et plans.
Urbanisme États-Unis.
United States

Vedettes secondaires:

Reed, Henry Hope, author.
Cohen, John, illustrator.

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 42590
Cote: 854; ID:89-B2513
Statut: Disponible