The Freedom of the City by Charles Downing Lay

The Freedom of the City by Charles Downing Lay

Urban historian Thomas Campanella revives a forgotten classic by Thomas Lay that extols the virtues of urban density.

Charles Downing Lay (1877-1956) was a landscape architect, city planner, artist, author, and essayist. Born in the Hudson Valley and raised in New York City, he studied with Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. at Harvard before taking a leadership post with the New York City Department of Parks. Thomas J. Campanella is Professor of City and Regional Planning at Cornell University and Historian-in-Residence of the New York City Parks Department. He has held Guggenheim and Fulbright fellowships and is a Fellow of the American Academy in Rome. His most recent book, Brooklyn: The Once and Future City (2019), was a finalist for the Brendan Gill Prize from the Municipal Arts Society of New York.

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ISBN 13	9781642832952
ISBN 10	1642832952
Titel	The Freedom of the City
Autor	Charles Downing Lay
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Island Press
Erscheinungsjahr	2023-06-30
Seitenanzahl	128
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