Great streets / Allan B. Jacobs
2001, 6th edition. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press. Very good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled and nicked. Creased cover. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #404717
Physical description; ix, 331 pages : illustrations, maps ; 31 cm. Notes; Originally published: Cambridge, Mass., ©1993. Includes bibliographical references (pages [318]-324) and index. Contents; The great street we once lived on: Roslyn Place, Pittsburgh -- Still great medieval streets: Via dei Giubbonari, Rome; Stroget, Copenhagen -- In the grand manner: Paseo de Gracia, Barcelona; Cours Mirabeau, Aix-en-Provence; Avenue Montaigne, Paris; Boulevard Saint-Michel, Paris -- The Grand Canal as a great street -- Once great streets: Avenue des Champs-Elysees, Paris; Via del Corso, Rome; Market Street, San Francisco -- The Ramblas, Barcelona -- The great residential Boulevard: Monument Avenue, Richmond Virgina -- Trees alone: Richards Road at Mills College, Oakland, California; Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, Rome; Beijing Streets -- Great street ensembles: Bath; Bologna -- A compendium of streets: streets that teach -- Street and city patterns: setting for streets and people -- Making great streets -- Requirements for great streets -- Qualities that contribute -- Conclusion: Great streets and city planning -- Appendix: Pedestrian volumes on selected streets. Subjects; Streets Design. Architecture Human factors. Urban beautification. Pedestrian areas. City planning. Architecture Human factors. City planning. Pedestrian areas. Streets Design. Urban beautification.
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