TY  - BOOK
AU  - Buras,Nir Haim
TI  - The art of classic planning: building beautiful and enduring communities 
SN  - 9780674919242
AV  - NA9031 .B875 2019
U1  - 724.6 23
PY  - 2019///
CY  - Cambridge, Massachusetts
PB  - The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
KW  - City planning
KW  - Civic improvement
KW  - Architecture, Modern
KW  - 20th century
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Preface: Frederick Law Olmstead and the sense of place -- Introduction : Creating a legacy of beauty -- How did we get here? -- The romantic modernist planning that gutted twentieth-century cities -- Modernist critique of modernist planning -- What now? -- Classic planning fundamentals -- Classic planning was always there -- Learning from what we have -- Urban form and your experience -- Classic planning applied -- Classic planning knowledge base -- Classic planning tools -- Designing a city -- Building a city -- A plan is a legacy, not a solution
N2  - Nearly everything we treasure in the world's most beautiful cities was built over a century ago. Cities draw visitors because of their exquisite architecture, walkable neighborhoods, and human scale. Yet a great deal of the knowledge and practice behind successful city planning has been abandoned over the last hundred years--not because of traffic, population growth, or other practical hurdles, but because of ill-considered theories. An accomplished architect and urbanist goes back to the roots of what makes cities attractive and livable, demonstrating how we can restore function and beauty to our urban spaces for the long term.--
ER  -