American Urban Form: A Representative History

[a630]

Pen-and-ink illustrated history of hypothetical American city may be of interest to some folks:
http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=12853

 

[czsz]

Nice...reminds me of this book about European cities I was really into as a kid:

http://www.amazon.com/Barmi-Mediterranean-City-Through-Ages/dp/0395542278

...not to mention David Macaulay's "City," about the evolution of a Roman town:

http://www.amazon.com/City-Story-Roman-Planning-Construction/dp/0395349222

Wish there were some sample images from this new one!

 

[Patrick]

Nice...reminds me of this book about European cities I was really into as a kid:

http://www.amazon.com/Barmi-Mediterranean-City-Through-Ages/dp/0395542278

...not to mention David Macaulay's "City," about the evolution of a Roman town:

http://www.amazon.com/City-Story-Roman-Planning-Construction/dp/0395349222

Wish there were some sample images from this new one!

Nice, as a lover of urbanism and a pen and ink artist myself this looks to be a great book.

 

[Patrick]

And speaking of Roman planning, I was watching a show on History the other day where they uncovered the central public building from which pre-emperor Rome planning functions were all organized out of....it was in the path of a planned subway stop.

 

[czsz]

Also speaking of Roman planning:

http://vimeo.com/32038695