New York New York: A Study of the Quality, Character, and Meaning of Open Space in Urban Design

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First edition of Lawrence Halprin s report on zoning and urban spaces, based on New York City s request that he investigate the open spaces in NYC housing and urban renewal areas and make recommendations for improvements. Small 4to, printed wrappers, 119 pages with b/w photographs, illustrations, and plans. Published in 1968 by the City of New York Housing and Development Administration with graphic design by Barbara Stauffacher. Halprin (1916-2009), a landscape architect, designer, and teacher, was a student of Gropius and Breuer at Harvard; his classmates included Catherine Bauer, William Wurster, I.M. Pei, and Philip Johnson. A critic of rigid high modernism, Halprin evolved a post-modernist vocabulary that accounts for the specific social, economic, cultural and ecological histories of a site combined with the equally diverse needs of potential users. His public spaces often achieved a narrative quality along with a timeless beauty the architectural critic Ada Louise Huxtable deemed a Portland plaza project one of the most important urban spaces since the Renaissance. The present work includes six case studies: Westside, Penn Station South, Bellevue South, Tompkins Square, Cadman Plaza, and Dayton Towers. Foxing and damp staining to front wrapper; light soiling to rear wrapper. Chipping to spine. Hinges slightly weakened. N° de ref. del artículo ABE-1678895969476

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