The art of classic planning : building beautiful and enduring communities

WORD/2025/CRB/1767 2025-11-25

Introduction: Creating a Legacy of Beauty p.1, Part : How Did We Get Here? Chapter 1:The
Romantic Modernist Gutting Of Cities p.7, Camillo Sitte and Medieval Cities as Archetype p.9, Glass
Architecture and Workers' Housing p.12, Le Corbusier, CIAM, Brasília, and Pruitt-Igoe p.18,Raymond
Unwin, Hegemann and Peets, and Pierre Lavedan p.21, The English Park as Paradigm for the Car
Suburb p.27, Chapter 2: Modernist Critique Of Modernist Planning p.32, Jane Jacobs and Lewis
Mumford p.32,Kevin Lynch and Gordon Cullen p.34, La Tendenza, Bacon, and Rowe p.37, Pattern
Language and Space Syntax p.40, Postmodernism p.42, Segregating Pedestrians to Make "People-
Friendly Cities" p.45, Alien Bigness and Strangeness p.47, New Urbanism p.52, Chapter 3: What
Now? p.55, Part II: Classic Planning Fundamentals, Chapter 4: Classic Planning Was Always There
p.63,Out of Africa p.65, The Origin of Cities p.66, Classic Plans p.70, "Organic" Fabric p.82, Grand
Manner Plans p.88, International Haussmannization p.99,Bigness without Beauty: Sublime Urbanism
p.102, Utopian Impositions on the Landscape p.105,Chapter 5: Learning from What We Have p.112,
L'Enfant's Plan for Washington, DC p.112, Making a City Beautiful p.118, The McMillan Plan p.125,
Paris on the Anacostia p.133, Chapter 6: Urban Form and Your Experience p.144, The People's
Choice p.144, Community Aspiration and Urban Reason-for-Being p.146, Urban Happiness Beauty
and Holism p.147, Perception and Beauty p.151, Perception Is Fractal p.153, Fractal Is Classical
p.154, Phenomenological Confirmation p.158, Fractal Is Classic Urban p.160, The Beauty Scale

p.161, Asset Allocation, Durability, and Time p.165,The Purpose of Urbanism p.169, Part Ill: Classic
Planning Applied,Chapter 7: Classic Planning Knowledge Base p.173, Architectural Literacy p.173, A
"Cloud" of Ideas p.182, Archetypes and Building Blocks p.188, Precedents: Imitation, Invention, and
Judgment p.190, Chapter 8:Classic Planning Tools p.201, Sun, Wind, and Water p.201, Classic
Traffic Planning p.206, Classic Streets p.209, Psychological and Behavioral Models p.211, Toward
Intuitive Driving p.216, Applying Precedents in Parking p.220, Transport p.227, Chapter 9: Designing
a City p.241, Grid Plans p.241, Law of the Indies p.246, Blocks and Alleys p.250, Streets p.254,
Arcaded Streets p.260, Street Trees p.262, Urban Landscaping p.265, Plazas p.274, Boulevards and
Avenues p.287, Chapter 10 : Building a City p.299, Buildings p.299, General Fabric Buildings p.311,
Density p.314, Tall Buildings p.316, Stations and Terminals p.319, Airports p.326, Marketsp.330,
Durable Infrastructurep.335, Building Community Infrastructur ep.339, Disaster Resilience p.342,
The Skyline p.348, Chapter 11 : A Plan Is a Legacy Not a Solution p.355, Metropolitan Planning
p.355, Country p.358, Urban Homeostasis p.364, Cities of Refuge p.365, Classic-Plan Code p.370,
Long-Term Plans p.378, A City of Makers p.382, Epilogue p.393,The High-Tech City p.394 The Feral
City p.397, Muddling Through Learning from Isfahan, Rome, and Angkor Wat to Understand Detroit
p400, Notes p.407, Credits p.455, Index p.461.

Nearly everything we treasure in the world's most beautiful cities was built over a century ago. Cities draw visitors because of their exquisite architecture, walkable neighborhoods,
and human scale. Yet a great deal of the knowledge and practice behind successful city planning has been abandoned over the last hundred years--not because of traffic,
population growth, or other practical hurdles, but because of ill-considered theories. An accomplished architect and urbanist goes back to the roots of what makes cities attractive
and livable, demonstrating how we can restore function and beauty to our urban spaces for the long term.-- Provided by publisher