Privately Owned Public Space: The New York City Experience - Couverture rigide

Kayden, Jerold S.; The New York City Department Of City Planning; The Municipal Art Society Of New York

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ISBN 10 : 0471362573 ISBN 13 : 9780471362579

Editeur : John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2000

Synopsis

Book by Kayden Jerold S The New York City Department of Ci

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Hailed by the Wall Street Journal as a "juicy little time bomb of a book", Privately Owned Public Space: The New York City Experience examines for the first time, New York City′s 39–year mixed experience with the production of more than 500 plazas, parks, and atriums located on private property yet by law accessible to and usable by the public.

Until now, comprehensive, systematic knowledge about this vast collection of public spaces has not existed, either for experts or members of the public. To remedy this gap, Harvard University professor Jerold S. Kayden, The New York City Department of City Planning, and The Municipal Art Society of New York have joined forces to research and write Privately Owned Public Space: The New York City Experience. Through words, photographs, scaled site plans, maps, and analysis of newly assembled data, they examine history, law, design, and use of the city′s privately owned public spaces. Each of the more than 500 spaces is individually discussed to provide far–reaching comparative information about this unique category of public space.

In reading this book, designers, planners, lawyers, and academics will gain greater understanding about the possibilities and problems inherent in the design, management, and enforcement of privately owned public space. Public officials, private owners, and civic group representatives will learn more about their roles in ensuring public access and vitality of such spaces. Individuals will discover where New York City′s public spaces are located and what amenities they offer. Everyone will comprehend more completely the contribution that privately owned public space can make toward open and attractive cities in which all individuals have access to a diversity of public places.

Revue de presse :

"This extensive work provides for the first time a detailed look at the city′s experience, pro and con, through photographs, maps, site plans, observed behaviors, and extensive notes." ( Urbanparadoxes.com, 5/08)

"The Introduction to Privately Owned Private Space is a history of New York City′s attempts at planning and zoning beginning in 1916 and continuing to the present. The detail of the history is sharp while not talking down to the novice, and the politics is fascinating." (ArchitectureWeek.com, April 25, 2001)

"The book should also appeal to any enthusiast of urban spaces anywhere in the world, because the lessons learned in the "Big Apple" are applicable anywhere. This is a history book, an incredibly detailed map of the New York City, and a lesson in civics all rolled into one." (F.L. Andrew Padian, ArchitectureWeek.com)

"This long overdue collaborative effort among urban planning professor Jerold Kayden, New York City′s Department of Planning, and the Municipal Art Society, and involving dozens of researchers, is one of the most important books to be published about New York City in years.... Along the same lines, in today′s publishing environment, most commercial trade publishers would not likely be interested, and too many high–quality, general interest, New York City–related titles must vie for the limited resources of a few university presses or very small publishing houses that do not have the resources to take on this kind of project –– congratulations to John Wiley for publishing this book." (Bradley Beach Books, 9/01)

"I find this to be an outstanding book." ( APA Journal, Autumn 2001)

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Date d'édition: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0471362573
• ISBN 13: 9780471362579
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 368