Everyday Urbanism

by John Leighton Chase (Editor), Margaret Crawford (Editor), John Kaliski (Editor)

The space of everyday urbanism is a rich and complex amalgam of wide boulevards and trash-strewn allays, luxurious stores and street vendors, manicured lawns and dilapidated public parks; it is a product of the intricate social, political, economic, and aesthetic forces at work in the contemporary urban environment. Everyday space can be spirited, spontaneous, vital, and inclusive; all too often it is neglected by its inhabitants, ignored by city planners, and disregarded by critics. The essays collected in Everyday Urbanism offer both an analysis of and a method for working within the city in a volume that, in its multiple voices and evocative illustrations, itself mirrors the space of the everyday.

Genres: Urbanism, Architecture

184 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1999