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100 1 $aFord, Larry.
245 10 $aAmerica's new downtowns :$brevitalization or reinvention? /$cLarry R. Ford.
260 $aBaltimore :$bJohns Hopkins University Press,$c2003.
300 $a340 p. :$bill., maps ;$c24 cm.
440 0 $aCreating the North American landscape
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [315]-333) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction: The CBD downtown imperative and the need for comparative studies -- 1. The American downtown: the myth of a golden age -- 2. The evolution of the American downtown, 1850-2 -- 3. The downtown stage: physical site, street morphology, and civic space -- 4. The traditional downtown functions: offices, retailing, hotels and convention centers -- 5. Downtown expands: major attractions, historic districts, residential neighborhoods, and transportation options -- 6. Toward a model of downtown spatial organization.
520 1 $a"Ford begins with a brief history of U.S. urban development. He then explains his criteria for evaluating downtowns before proceeding with an on-the-street examination of the featured sixteen cities. Each is rated based on use of physical site, particularly for housing (unlike suburbs, Ford notes, most downtowns are located in challenging physical locales, such as harbors, rivers, hills, or peninsulas), street morphology, civic space, functional aspects (office space, retail stores, and convention centers), and the support districts in the fringe areas surrounding the downtown core. Ford concludes with a suggested model of downtown structure based upon the case studies and with a look at the possible effects of increasing globalization on the downtowns of the early twenty-first century. This book will appeal to those interested in urban studies, landscape studies, American studies, architecture, historic preservation and planning, and urban geography." "Larry R. Ford is a professor of geography at San Diego State University who has taught urban geography for thirty years."--Jacket.
650 0 $aCentral business districts$zUnited States$vCase studies.
650 0 $aUrban renewal$zUnited States$vCase studies.
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776 08 $iOnline version:$aFord, Larry, 1943-$tAmerica's new downtowns.$dBaltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, ©2003$w(OCoLC)606994511
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