The Freedom of the City
The Freedom of the City
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Urban historian Thomas Campanella revives a forgotten classic by Thomas Lay that extols the virtues of urban density.
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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.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781642832952 |
| ISBN 10 | 1642832952 |
| Title | The Freedom of the City |
| Author | Charles Downing Lay |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Island Press |
| Year published | 2023-06-30 |
| Number of pages | 128 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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