Street Design: The Secret to Great Cities and Towns

Street Design looks at hundreds of streets old and new, shows us what works and what doesn't, and reveals the secrets behind designing beautiful streets and walkable places.This useful and transformative guide:Shows examples of over 150 excellent streets and explains why they are successful and how they were designed and createdReveals crucial elements that many modern street designs lackOffers step-by-step instruction on how to design new streets and improve existing ones to create more walkable cities and townsHighlights common street-design challenges and ways they can be addressed through placemakingFeatures more than 500 color and black-and-white photosIncludes contributions from twenty of the leading design experts in the field, including Andrés Duany, Lèon Krier, and the former mayor

Fenno Hoffman said Stupendous!. A top ten reference on the spinal chords of urban life. It's called "Street Design" but don't be fooled; This is a comprehensive manifesto that focuses on a whole range of urban parts and pieces, from facade proportions to curb details, that must be considered together, and work together, to make great streets. This is NOT a specialist's book about bike paths, the latest crosswalk technologies, or a polemic diatribe. Great Streets is a testimonial about excellence, about the comprehensive urban placemaking that is p. High Praise from a Public Works Director I highly endorse and recommend the book! It is one of the best books I have gotten my hands on for people that care or should care about creating Thriving Communities for People and Prosperity. This book should be used in every local jurisdiction and university across the nation and globe. We no longer have to teach our college graduates about highway design but rather now we need to focus on community design. This would be a fun curriculum to teachand our young engineers, planners, policy makers, and leaders need t. Engaging & Enjoyable! Making our cities and towns great places where people want to be and from which economic productivity and human vitality might grow and prosper should be our primary goals for our streets; not simply attempting to move as many motor vehicles through space as possible.I encourage anyone who is interested in creating stronger, healthier and more vibrant places to get your own copy of Street Design: The Secret to Great Cities and Towns and perhaps even purchase one for a friend or your favorite politician, traffic engi

"The best streets in the world's villages, towns, and cities—whether modest or grand—continually remind one that simplicity is part of the recipe for success in this art. It should be required reading for every local political leader, planner, architect, real estate developer and engaged urban citizen in America."—Kurt Andersen, host of Studio 360 and author of True Believers  "We are going to start walking around the places we live again, and as that occurs and becomes normal, we will rapidly redevelop a demand for higher quality in building at the human scale."—From the Afterword by James Howard Kunstler“Your charrette traveling library must include the important Street Design book by Victor Dover

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