coolbuckeye ColumbusUnderground.com Messageboard en-US Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:08:03 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/search.php http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/can-you-suggest-a-good-urban-planning-reading#post-257499 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 12:35:17 +0000 jungaroo 257499@http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/ <p>If you want some urban planning on the history side, try:<br /> - Crabgrass Frontier by Kenneth Jackson for the early development of suburbs<br /> - Nature's Metropolis by William Cronon for incredible insights into a regional economy, Chicago and its agricultural hinterlands</p> <p>I'm currently reading the Chicago Plan of 1909 (i.e., Burnham plan). It's a blast. </p> http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/can-you-suggest-a-good-urban-planning-reading#post-257489 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:41:01 +0000 HeySquare 257489@http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/ <p>How Buildings Learn by Stewart Brand</p> <p>What Time is This Place by Kevin Lynch</p> <p>A Sense of Place, A Sense of Time by John Brinckerhoff Jackson (Or really anything he wrote... he's the man. Discovering the Vernacular Landsacpe is a winner too)</p> <p>Common Landscape of America, 1580-1845 by John Stilgoe</p> <p>Borderland: History of the American Suburb by John Stilgoe</p> <p>City Center to Regional Mall by Richard Longstreth</p> <p>National Registerh Bulletin of the National Park Service on Historic Residential Suburbs (provides a good history on the developement of the suburbs)<br /> <a href="http://www.nps.gov/nr/publications/bulletins/suburbs/suburbs-start.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.nps.gov/nr/publications/bulletins/suburbs/suburbs-start.htm</a></p> <p>and of course +1 on Jane Jacobs and Caro's The Power Broker. It is important to note that Robert Moses' work and reputation has undergone something of a renaissance in the last decade. </p> http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/can-you-suggest-a-good-urban-planning-reading#post-257470 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 10:33:07 +0000 hugh59 257470@http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/ <p>As noted above, THE POWER BROKER by Robert Caro is also excellent. </p> http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/can-you-suggest-a-good-urban-planning-reading#post-257469 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 10:28:48 +0000 hugh59 257469@http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/ <blockquote><p><cite>roy wrote <a href="http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/can-you-suggest-a-good-urban-planning-reading#post-257360"> &gt;&gt; </a></cite><br /> All the Jane Jacobs especially The Death and Life of Great American Cities. There are a lot of lists of reading material, I can send you some good ones if you want.</p></blockquote> <p>I strongly agree. The columbus library has a few copies. It was first published in 1961 but is still timely. Also read her book: DARK AGE AHEAD. </p> http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/can-you-suggest-a-good-urban-planning-reading#post-257451 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 08:59:03 +0000 johnwirtz 257451@http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/ <p>+1 to Christopher Alexander.</p> <p>Also, you should probably read "The Rise of the Creative Class" by Richard Florida if you haven't already. I've become a bit more skeptical on the theory proposed by the book, but it's referenced so often you should know what people are talking about. </p> http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/can-you-suggest-a-good-urban-planning-reading#post-257440 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 08:16:53 +0000 berdawn 257440@http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/ <p>+1 to The Power Broker-so good for so many reasons</p> <p>I'd add:<br /> Geography of Nowhere (Kunstler)<br /> The Old Neighborhood (Suarez)<br /> Both Celebration books-Celebration USA (Frantsz &#38; Collins)/Celebration Chronicles (Ross) </p> http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/can-you-suggest-a-good-urban-planning-reading#post-257435 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 04:28:27 +0000 JaredThompson 257435@http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/ <p>Thank you for the recommendations :D </p> http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/can-you-suggest-a-good-urban-planning-reading#post-257425 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 23:52:22 +0000 Manatee 257425@http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/ <p>All the Christopher Alexander books. </p> http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/can-you-suggest-a-good-urban-planning-reading#post-257419 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 22:51:53 +0000 johnwirtz 257419@http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/ <p>-The Power Broker by Robert Caro (bio of Robert Moses, very long)<br /> -The Wealth of Cities by John Norquist (former Milwaukee Mayor)<br /> -The 21st Century City by Stephen Goldsmith (former Indy Mayor)<br /> -Collapse by Jared Diamond (not exactly "urban planning," but definitely involves long-term planning)<br /> -The Logic of Failure by Dietrich Dorner (more broad than urban planning, but plenty of interesting lessons to be learned) </p> http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/can-you-suggest-a-good-urban-planning-reading#post-257412 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:48:27 +0000 Brant 257412@http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/ <p>I recommend...</p> <p><em>Loft Living</em> by Sharon Zukin (a classic).<br /> <em>Neo-bohemia</em> by Richard Lloyd<br /> <em>The Neoliberal City</em> by Jason Hackworth</p> <p>And here's some Listmania from Amazon:</p> <p><a href="http://amzn.com/l/38KWDGRFC0BHY" rel="nofollow">http://amzn.com/l/38KWDGRFC0BHY</a><br /> <a href="http://amzn.com/l/R7SC6IF0L4463" rel="nofollow">http://amzn.com/l/R7SC6IF0L4463</a> </p> http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/can-you-suggest-a-good-urban-planning-reading#post-257393 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 19:23:22 +0000 alexs 257393@http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/ <p>Speaking as the Chair of the Friends of the Scioto River, I suggest you check out green streets:</p> <p><a href="http://www.epa.gov/owow/podcasts/greenstreetsusa.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.epa.gov/owow/podcasts/greenstreetsusa.html</a></p> <p>Also take a look at Atlanta's Beltline site:</p> <p><a href="http://www.beltline.org/Home/tabid/1672/Default.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.beltline.org/Home/tabid/1672/Default.aspx</a> </p> http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/can-you-suggest-a-good-urban-planning-reading#post-257374 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 16:40:18 +0000 Columbusite 257374@http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/ <p>Cities Back from the Edge: New Life for Downtown, Historic Photos of Columbus, The Great Neighborhood Book, The High Cost of Free Parking, Geography of Nowhere, not a book but <a href="http://www.streetfilms.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.streetfilms.org/</a> </p> http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/can-you-suggest-a-good-urban-planning-reading#post-257373 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 16:39:12 +0000 JaredThompson 257373@http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/ <blockquote><p><cite>roy wrote <a href="http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/can-you-suggest-a-good-urban-planning-reading#post-257360"> &gt;&gt; </a></cite><br /> All the Jane Jacobs especially The Death and Life of Great American Cities. There are a lot of lists of reading material, I can send you some good ones if you want. </p></blockquote> <p>That would be great. Thank you :) </p> http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/can-you-suggest-a-good-urban-planning-reading#post-257360 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 15:25:36 +0000 roy 257360@http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/ <p>All the Jane Jacobs especially The Death and Life of Great American Cities. There are a lot of lists of reading material, I can send you some good ones if you want. </p> http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/can-you-suggest-a-good-urban-planning-reading#post-257359 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 15:10:20 +0000 JaredThompson 257359@http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/ <p>I have an urban planning itch and am looking for reading recommendations. I recently read <em>Suburban Nation</em> and <em>The Option of Urbanism</em>. Liked 'em both. Thanks! </p>