Architecture and the city : friends or foes? /

A symposium presenting the views of professionals involved in architecture and city planning. Problems of inner city are broached, including the livability of San Francisco, but attention focuses on design issues: zoning restrictions, the size and scale of public spaces, the homogenization of the e...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	WTTW (Television station : Chicago, Ill.), DeeGee Productions, Indiana University. Audio-Visual Center
Other Authors:	Del Prete, Deborah, Pritzker, Gigi, Carter, Dick
Format:	Video VHS
Language:	English
Published:	©1988
Subjects:	Architecture > United States. City planning > United States. Urban beautification > United States.

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Summary:	A symposium presenting the views of professionals involved in architecture and city planning. Problems of inner city are broached, including the livability of San Francisco, but attention focuses on design issues: zoning restrictions, the size and scale of public spaces, the homogenization of the environment, the virtue of historic preservation and adaptive reuse, and the vices of "signature buildings" that ignore their settings.
Item Description:	Videorecording.
Physical Description:	1 videocassette (57 min., 47 sec.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Format:	VHS-Standard play.
Audience:	Architecture.
Production Credits:	Cameras, Cal Langenberg ... [et al.] ; videotape editor, Tim Jackson ; consultant, Bill Lacy.