{"product_id":"close-up-grady-clay-9780226109459","title":"Close-Up: How to Read the American City","description":"\"Grady Clay looks hard at the landscape, finding out who built what and why, noticing who participates in a city's success and who gets left in a 'sink, ' or depressed (often literally) area. Clay doesn't stay in the city; he looks at industrial towns, truck stops, suburbs--nearly anywhere people live or work. His style is witty and readable, and the book is crammed with illustrations that clarify his points. If I had to pick up one book to guide my observations of the American scene, this would be it.\"--Sonia Simone, \u003ci\u003eWhole Earth Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The emphasis on the informal aspects of city-shaping--topographical, historical, economic and social--does much to counteract the formalist approach to American urban design. \u003ci\u003eClose-Up\u003c\/i\u003e...should be required reading for anyone wishing to understand Americans and their cities.\"--Roger Cunliffe, \u003ci\u003eArchitectural Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eClose-Up\u003c\/i\u003e is a provocative and stimulating book.\"--Thomas J. Schlereth, \u003ci\u003eWinterthur Portfolio\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Within this coherent string of essays, the urban dweller or observer, as well as the student, will find refreshing strategies for viewing the environmental 'situations' interacting to form a landscape.\"--\u003ci\u003eDallas Morning News\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Clay's \u003ci\u003eClose-Up\u003c\/i\u003e, first published in 1973, is still a key book for looking at the \u003ci\u003ereal\u003c\/i\u003e American city. Too many urban books and guidebooks concentrate on the \u003ci\u003egood\u003c\/i\u003e parts of the city....Clay looks at all parts of the city, the suburbs, and the places between cities, and develops new terms to describe parts of the built environment--\u003ci\u003efronts, strips, beats, stacks, sinks, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eturf\u003c\/i\u003e. No one who wants to understand American cities or to describe them, should fail to know this book. The illustrations are of special interest to the guidebook writer.\"--\u003ci\u003eAmerican Urban Guidenotes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Grady Clay\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226109453\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226109459\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/1980\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.46h x 6.65w x 0.46d","brand":"Grady Clay","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43913420964095,"sku":"9780226109459","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_0377043e-635a-42aa-8937-0c153f9766de.jpg?v=1680620315","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/close-up-grady-clay-9780226109459","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}