Building A Suburban Village

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Building A Suburban Village

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Author :
language : en
Publisher: Bronxville Centennial Celebration Incorporated
Release Date : 1998-01-01

Building A Suburban Village written by and has been published by Bronxville Centennial Celebration Incorporated this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-01-01 with Suburban life categories.

How To Build A Villagetown

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Author : Claude Lewenz
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010-08

How To Build A Villagetown written by Claude Lewenz and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-08 with Architecture categories.

For the last 50 years, we have been building communities for the wrong reason. "How to Build a VillageTown" proposes to turn real estate development upside down, so that people may regain control of their lives, their communities and their future. Instead of building communities to sell cars, "How to Build a VillageTown" proposes people build communities that provide for their needs and aspirations... places to live that are places they love.The idea is not new. Over 2,000 years ago, Aristotle wrote that when several villages come together so they may become economically self-supporting, the purpose for their continuance is to enable their citizens to enjoy a good life, understood as the social pursuits of conviviality, citizenship, artistic, intellectual and spiritual growth. In almost every place and time, except our own, every aspect of community design, from the central plaza with its meeting places, cafes, taverns and shops, to their support for the artistic, educational and holy places followed these timeless patterns and principles of design. The people who live there help shape its design which is what gives it its character and authenticity.Beginning after World-War II, starting in America and spreading to other parts of the world, we radically redesigned how people live based on a different intent: to perpetually boom national economies. We invented suburbs to sell cars. We reshaped life based on this plan that came to be known as suburban sprawl. The core principle was that of separation. We separated destinations, generations and stages of life. The design principle became that of standardization. If we look at everything that surrounds us in daily life, we notice the extent to which our physical environment has become generic and bland. We redefined citizens as consumers, and in the process lost sight of why we build communities.This radical experiment in suburban sprawl failed to deliver on its promise. We now face a host of new and serious problems our ancestors knew not. For the most part, our response to these problems is either denial or investing substantial energy trying to fix broken and broke systems.In "How to Build a VillageTown," you are invited to take a different approach. Called a VillageTown - a town made of villages - it proposes people come together to form villages, about 500 people in each, with about twenty villages side by side to create the necessary economic and social critical mass of a town of 10,000 people. The optimal size proposes a 150 acre urban core surrounded by a 300 acre greenbelt and a 50 acre industrial park. Within the urban core, all is walkable - no cars within. This rescales everything, permitting a secure, stimulating place for all ages and stages of life. Human-scaled, it more resembles the market-town of yore; only it takes advantage of modern technology, most notably Telepresence that permits one to be in two places at once. It proposes creating its own local economy that enables its citizens to regain control over their own lives and enjoy a Good Life.The purpose of the series of VillageTown books is to put forth a proposal to build a new, timeless form of community to replace suburbs. All profits from book sales go to raise the funds required to build VillageTowns.The author takes no royalties, the publisher charges no fees. To support the idea, to help make it go from a good idea to real built communities, buy books, give them as gifts, leave them in cafes or anywhere else folks gather. This is not a drill. If you like the idea and want to live in a VillageTown, please go to the web site, VillageForum.com and become involved.

City Comforts

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Author : David M. Sucher
language : en
Publisher: City Comforts Inc.
Release Date : 2010-08

City Comforts written by David M. Sucher and has been published by City Comforts Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-08 with Architecture categories.

Redefining The Suburban Village

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Author : Katie McCarthy
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002

Redefining The Suburban Village written by Katie McCarthy and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Multipurpose buildings categories.

Suburb Slum Urban Village

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Author : Carolyn Whitzman
language : en
Publisher: UBC Press
Release Date : 2010-01-02

Suburb Slum Urban Village written by Carolyn Whitzman and has been published by UBC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-02 with Political Science categories.

Suburb, Slum, Urban Village examines the relationship between image and reality for one city neighbourhood – Toronto’s Parkdale. Carolyn Whitzman tracks Parkdale’s story across three eras: its early decades as a politically independent suburb of the industrial city; its half-century of ostensible decline toward becoming a slum; and a post-industrial period of transformation into a revitalized urban village. This book also shows how Parkdale’s image influenced planning policy for the neighbourhood, even when the prevailing image of Parkdale had little to do with the actual social conditions there. Whitzman demonstrates that this misunderstanding of social conditions had discriminatory effects. For example, even while Parkdale’s reputation as a gentrified area grew in the post-sixties era, the overall health and income of the neighbourhood’s residents was in fact decreasing, and the area attracted media coverage as a “dumping ground” for psychiatric outpatients. Parkdale’s changing image thus stood in stark contrast to its real social conditions. Nevertheless, this image became a self-fulfilling prophecy, as it contributed to increasingly skewed planning practices for Parkdale in the late twentieth century. This rich and detailed history of a neighbourhood’s actual conditions, imaginary connotations, and planning policies will appeal to scholars and students in urban studies, planning, and geography, as well as to general readers interested in Toronto and Parkdale’s urban history.

Industrial Investment And Emigration Being A Practical Treatise On Benefit Building Societies And Local Enterprise Encouragement Companies Fourth Edition

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Author : Arthur SCRATCHLEY
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1868

Industrial Investment And Emigration Being A Practical Treatise On Benefit Building Societies And Local Enterprise Encouragement Companies Fourth Edition written by Arthur SCRATCHLEY and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1868 with categories.

Building An American Identity

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Author : Linda E. Smeins
language : en
Publisher: Rowman Altamira
Release Date : 1999

Building An American Identity written by Linda E. Smeins and has been published by Rowman Altamira this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Architecture categories.

This work follows the evolution of the pattern book houses and how they represented the notion of home and community in American historical memory. The book also includes illustrations of such communities.

Preliminary Report Upon The Proposed Suburban Village At Riverside Near Chicago

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Author : Olmsted and Vaux (Firm)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1868

Preliminary Report Upon The Proposed Suburban Village At Riverside Near Chicago written by Olmsted and Vaux (Firm) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1868 with City planning categories.

How Lincoln Learned To Read

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Author : Daniel Wolff
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2009-07-01

How Lincoln Learned To Read written by Daniel Wolff and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-07-01 with History categories.

How Lincoln Learned to Read tells the American story from a fresh and unique perspective: how do we learn what we need to know? Beginning with Benjamin Franklin and ending with Elvis Presley, author Daniel Wolff creates a series of intimate, interlocking profiles of notable Americans that track the nation's developing notion of what it means to get a "good education." From the stubborn early feminism of Abigail Adams to the miracle of Helen Keller, from the savage childhood of Andrew Jackson to the academic ambitions of W.E.B. Du Bois, a single, fascinating narrative emerges. It connects the illiterate Sojourner Truth to the privileged Jack Kennedy, takes us from Paiute Indians scavenging on western deserts to the birth of Henry Ford's assembly line. And as the book traces the education we value - both in and outside the classroom - it becomes a history of key American ideas. In the end, How Lincoln Learned to Read delivers us to today's headlines. Standardized testing, achievement gaps, the very purpose of public education - all have their roots in this narrative. Whether you're a parent trying to make sure your child is prepared, a teacher trying to do the best possible job, or a student navigating the educational system, How Lincoln Learned to Read offers a challenge to consider what we need to know and how we learn it. Wide-ranging and meticulously researched, built mostly on primary sources, this is an American story that begins and ends with hope.

Industrial Investment And Emigration Being A Treatise On Benefit Building Societies And Tontines And On The General Principles Of Associations For Land Investment And Colonization With Some New Theorems In The Doctrine Of Compound Interest

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Author : Arthur Scratchley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1857

Industrial Investment And Emigration Being A Treatise On Benefit Building Societies And Tontines And On The General Principles Of Associations For Land Investment And Colonization With Some New Theorems In The Doctrine Of Compound Interest written by Arthur Scratchley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1857 with Agricultural colonies categories.