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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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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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"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 296 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781580934855 1580934854 |