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008 170403s2017 nyua b 001 0 eng
020 _a9781580934855
_qpaperback
042 _apcc
043 _an-us-ny
082 0 0 _a307.1/21609747
_223
100 1 _aShepard, Cassim,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aCitymakers :
_bthe culture and craft of practical urbanism /
_cCassim Shepard ; foreword by Rosalie Genevro ; principal photography by Alex Fradkin.
300 _a296 pages :
_bcolor illustrations ;
_c25 cm
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 _a"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"--
650 0 _aCity planning
_zNew York (State)
_zNew York.
650 0 _aLand use
_zNew York (State)
_zNew York.
650 7 _aARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning.
_2bisacsh
650 7 _aARCHITECTURE / Sustainability & Green Design.
_2bisacsh
650 7 _aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban.
_2bisacsh
700 1 _aGenevro, Rosalie,
_ewriter of foreword.
942 _2ddc