Citymakers : the culture and craft of practical urbanism /
Cassim Shepard ; foreword by Rosalie Genevro ; principal photography by Alex Fradkin.
- 296 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Drawing on six years as the editor of Urban Omnibus, one of the leading publications charting innovations in urban practice, Shepard explores a broad variety of projects in New York, a city at the forefront of experimental and practical research: a constructed wetland in Staten Island, a workforce development and technology program in Red Hook, Brooklyn, a public art installation in a Bronx housing project, a housing advocacy initiative in Jackson Heights, Queens. These and a wide variety of other examples in Citymakers comprise a cross-disciplinary, from-the-ground-up approach that encourage better choices for cities of the future"--
9781580934855
City planning--New York (State)--New York. Land use--New York (State)--New York. ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning. ARCHITECTURE / Sustainability & Green Design. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban.