Body Heat: The Story of the Woodward's Redevelopment - Couverture souple

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ISBN 10 : 1897476019 ISBN 13 : 9781897476017

Editeur : Simply Read Books, 2011

Synopsis

In 1903 Charles Woodward expanded his mail order catalog service into a department store called Woodward's. By the mid 1950's, Woodward's had defined one-stop shopping in Vancouver. The Woodward's 1993 closure intensified the sense of dispossession in the Downtown Eastside, a neighborhood long-affected by poverty, homelessness, and drug addiction. Currently in the last months of construction, the redevelopment of Woodward's is designed by Henriquez Partners as a complex of multi-use buildings, offering significant urban spaces, integrating market and social housing, and making an optimistic claim for inclusion -- one that may be seen as a model in its quest to become home for a heterogeneous array of culture. "Body Heat" tells the story of this redevelopment. The book features 20 interviews of key participants in this project. It also includes a myriad of images, historical photographs and memorabilia, amazing construction photographs, contextual documentary photography, and architectural drawings.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

In 1903, Charles Woodward expanded his mail order catalogue service into a department store called Woodward's. By the 1950s, Woodward's had come to define one-stop shopping in Vancouver and its closure in 1993 only intensified the sense of dispossession already felt in the Downtown Eastside, an area already afflicted by poverty, homelessness and drug addiction. The current redevelopment of Woodward's as a complex of multi-use buildings, designed by Henriquez Partners Architects, is an amazing project of urban renewal - and this is its story.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Simply Read Books
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1897476019
• ISBN 13: 9781897476017
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 367
• Éditeur: Enright Robert
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible