{"product_id":"urban-design-downtown-anastasia-loukaitou-sideris-9780520209305","title":"Urban Design Downtown: Poetics and Politics of Form","description":"The corporate downtown, with its multitude of social dilemmas and contradictions, is the focus of this well-illustrated volume. How are downtown projects conceived, scripted, produced, packaged, and used, and how has all this changed during the twentieth century? The authors of \u003ci\u003eUrban Design Downtown\u003c\/i\u003e offer a critical appraisal of the emerging appearance of downtown urban form. They explore both the poetics of design and the politics and economics of development decisions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFollowing a historical review of the various phases of downtown transformation, Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris and Tridib Banerjee turn to contemporary American downtowns. They examine the phenomenon of public-space privatization, arguing that corporate open spaces are the consumer-oriented result of policies that have promoted downtown renovation and restructuring but at the same time have neglected the cities' existing poverty-stricken cores.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The book's case studies of individual West Coast downtown projects capture the essence of late twentieth-century urbanism. This analysis of downtown urban America, which offers extensive insight into the design and development process, will interest architects, city planners, developers, and urban designers everywhere.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, Tridib Banerjee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520209303\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520209305\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/19\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 382\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.89lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.32h x 7.39w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2005 pg. 1760","brand":"Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46880913883391,"sku":"9780520209305","price":68.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_35f95bde-9062-4880-b651-0278e587fbe2.jpg?v=1747970103","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/urban-design-downtown-anastasia-loukaitou-sideris-9780520209305","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}