Urban design downtown poetics and politics of form

Urban design downtown poetics and politics of form / Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris and Tridib Banerjee.

"The corporate downtown, with its multitude of social dilemmas and contradictions, is the focus of this well-illustrated volume. How are downtown projects conceived, scripted, produced, packaged, and used, and how has all this changed during the twentieth century? The authors of Urban Design Do...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Loukaitou-Sideris, Anastasia, 1958-
Other Authors: Banerjee, Tridib
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, c1998.
Series:Ebsco e-book purchased.
Subjects:
City planning > California > Case studies.
Central business districts > California > Case studies.
Urban policy > California > Case studies.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Electronic books.
Case studies.
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
This was purchased from Ebsco with a single user license.
Table of Contents:
  • Pt. 1. The Evolution of Downtown Form. 1. The Changing Face of Downtown. 2. Models of Downtown Design. 3. Corporate Production of Downtown Space
  • Pt. 2. The Politics of Development. 4. The Politics of Place Making. 5. The Two Faces of Downtown. 6. Public Life and Space in Transition
  • Pt. 3. The Poetics of Form. 7. The Poetics of Corporate Open Spaces. 8. One Percent Aesthetics. 9. Theming and Stage Setting: The Story of Production and Promotion. 10. Postmodern Urban Form. Epilogue: Challenges for Downtown Urban Design.

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