Citymakers : the culture and craft of practical urbanism /

"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 workf...

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Main Author: Shepard, Cassim (Author)
Other Authors: Genevro, Rosalie (writer of foreword.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : The Monacelli Press, in association with the Architectural League of New York, 2017.
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Summary:"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"--
Physical Description:296 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781580934855
1580934854