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Index A Arad, Michael, 289–291 Bacon, Edmund, xvi Bethesda Row (Bethesda, Abell Foundation, 120–122 Archigram, 57–58 at fi rst urban design Maryland), 172 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates “Architect-planner” concept, 44 conference, 45 Birmingham, Alabama (Railroad (Masdar City), 204–205, Architects Team 3, 202–203 on Sixtus’s plan for Rome, 7 Park), 74, 234–236 211–212 L’Architettura (Vitruvius), 6 on urban renewal, 54 Bishop’s Palace (Derry, Adam Purple’s Garden of Eden Arcosanti (Arizona), 57 Baldwin, James, xviii England), 8 (New York City), 251 Arena District (Columbus, Ohio), Baltimore, Maryland: Bjarke Ingels Group Architects, Adler and Sullivan, 17 156, 157 dollar house program, 154 237–240 Adrian Smith and Gordon Gill Arlington, Virginia (Freedom East Baltimore Development Blanco, Kathleen, 299 (AS+GG), 79–81 Park), 253 n.50 Initiative, 120–122 Bloomberg, Michael, 206, 207 Agriculture, urban, 250–251 Arlington County, Virginia, Harbor East, 157 Bloomington, Minnesota (Mall of Ahrenhalt, Alan, 77 140–142 Harborplace, 60 America), 166 AIA, see American Institute of Crystal City Vision Plan 2050, Inner Harbor, 105 Boca Raton, Florida (Mizner Architects 142–145 New Urbanist design in, 157 Park), 63–54 Albany, New York: Metro transit system, 140–149 as port city, 15 Bodurow, Constance, 46 early growth of, 15 Rosslyn, 148–149 Barclays Center (Brooklyn, New Bogardus, James, 17 Empire State Plaza, 50, 52, 54 Art deco, 35, 61 York), 181–183 Boise, Idaho, 77 Alberti, Leon Battista, 5 Assembly Square (Boston), 140 Barnes, Rebecca, 287 Borgia palace (Pienza), 5 Alexandria, Virginia, 287–288 Atelier Dreiseitl, 158 Barnett, Jonathan, 131 Boston, Massachusetts: Alphonse of Poitiers, 4 Athens Charter (Le Corbusier), Baroque period, 6–8 Assembly Square, 140 Amarna, Egypt, 2 40, 41 Barschc and Vladimirov, 35 Atlantic Wharf, 104–105 Amenities: Atlanta, Georgia: Bastides, 3–4 Boylston Street, 174–175 of cities vs. suburbs, 86 Atlantic Station, 157 Battery Bridge project (New York Brighton, 20 workers attracted by, 95, downtown, 184, 188 City), xviii Charles River Park, 27, 51 104–108, 268 Edgewood, 171–172 Battery Park City (Manhattan), Charlestown Navy Yard, 61 American dream, 271–272 New Urbanist design in, 157 62–64 City Hall Plaza, 54 American Institute of Architects Olympic Park, 184 Battery Tunnel, xviii demographic change in, 181 (AIA): Virginia Highlands, 56 Beasley, Larry: Dorchester, 20 Center for Communities by workforce in, 95 on density in Vancouver, 152 downtown decline in, 184 Design program, 270 Atlantic Station (Atlanta), 157 on placemaking, 276 early organic character of, 11 Density: Myth and Reality Atlantic Wharf (Boston), 104–105 Beatley, Charles, 265 Fairmont Line smart-growth conference, xxii Auckland, New Zealand (North Bel Geddes, Norman, 36–37 corridor, 214–215 American Planning Association, Wharf Promenade/Jellicoe Belmar (Lakewood, Colorado), Faneuil Hall Marketplace, 206 Street/Silo Park), 219–222 169–171 59–60 Amsterdam, Netherlands: Augur, Tracy, 45 Benfi eld, Kaid, 131, 152 Government Center, 53–54 as model for New Austin, Texas, grid plan of, 13 on syncretic urbanism, Harbor Point, 63 Amsterdam, 10 Automobiles, 38 268–270 Higher Ground, 251 Plan of the Three Canals, 9 costs of driving, 84–86 on urban agriculture, 250 as “imageable” city, 56 urban model for, 162 COPYRIGHTEDand poverty, 87–88 Bereuer, MATERIAL Marcel, 34 Old South Church, 54 Anderson, Charles, 265 reduced use of, 78 Berger, Patrick, 178–180 Parking Day in, 266 Annie E. Casey Foundation, and tactical urbanism, 246 Berkebile, Bob, 123 as port city, 15 120–122 Automobile suburbs, 38–39 Berkeley, California (People’s Prudential Center, 52, 141 Another City (Dell Upton), 131 Avola, Sicily, 6 Park), 251 radial-concentric plan of, 2 The “anti-industrial city,” 42–44 Berlin, Germany (Pergamon reverse of population Anti-urban sentiment, 69–71 B Museum), xiii decline, 77 Antonio Di Mambro + Associates, Baan, Iwan, 124–125 Bern, Switzerland (Government Route 128 research park, 105 227–229 Babcock Ranch (Southwest Plaza), 230–232 Rowes Wharf, 61–64 Appleyard, Donald, 242 Florida), 212 Berne, Michael, 108 Scollay Square, 53 Arab Spring, x, 247 Babylon, xiii Bernini, Giovanni Lorenzo, 7, 8 South End, 56, 154 301 bbindex.inddindex.indd 330101 227-03-20147-03-2014 116:30:216:30:21 Boston, Massachusetts (cont.), Cambridge, Massachusetts: CEOs for Cities, xxi, xxii, 95, Chicago Botanic Garden, 251 streetcar suburbs of, 20, 21, 139 Kendall Square, 105–107, 101, 166 Chicago DeCarbonization Plan urban renewal in, 51–54 163–165 CFA (U.S. Commission of Fine (CDP), 79–81 Boston Society of Architects New Urbanist design in, 161 Arts), 111–112 Chicago world’s fair, 25, 26 (BSA): Cambridge Innovation Chakrabarti, Vishaan, 208 China, excess building in, 217 Density: Myth and Reality Center, 107 Charles II, king of England, 7 Churchill, Winston, ix conference, xxii, 136 Campbell, Robert: Charles River parks (Boston), CIAM, see Congrès smart growth initiative of, xxi on demonstrations, 247 27, 51 Internationaux streetcar suburbs in, 21 on negative connotations of Charleston, South Carolina: d’Architecture Moderne Boulder, Colorado, xx urban, 69, 70 grid plan of, 10 The CIAM Discourse on Urbanism Boylston Street (Boston), 174–175 on resource depletion, 108 historic restoration in, 56 (Eric Mumford), 40 Brasilia, Brazil, Costa’s design Campus Martius Park (Detroit), as port city, 15 Cianci, Buddy, 157 of, 43 95–98 preservation in, 154 Cité Industrielle, 33 Brewer, Carl, 192 Campus Partners, 293 zoning ordinances in, 54 City Beautiful movement, xv, Bridge Street Corridor Plan Can Our Cities Survive? (Josep Charlestown Navy Yard 24–28, 257 (Dublin, Ohio), 273–275 Lluís Sert), 40, 41, 44 (Boston), 61 City Centre Airport (Edmonton, Brighton (Boston, Massachusetts), Capitol Hill (Denver), 59 Charleville, France, 6 Alberta), 251 20 Capitol Hill (Washington Charlotte, transit investment in, 95 Citygarden (St. Louis, Missouri), Brillembourg, Alfredo, 124–125 D.C.), 154 Charlottesville Commercial 90–92 Broadacre City (Wright), 39, 40 Caracas, Venezuela (Torre Corridor Study, 136–138 City Hall Plaza (Boston), 54 Broadway Boulevard (New York David informal settlement), Charter for the New Urbanism City of Baltimore, 120–122 City), 243–245 124–125 (CNU), 258 City of Chicago, 74 Bronx, New York: Carbon footprint, xx, xxiv n.5 Chase, Buff, 156 City of Columbus, 160 transit lines in, 20 Chicago DeCarbonization Château du Louvre (France), 7 City of Memphis, 156 Via Verde/the Green Way, Plan, 79–81 Chattanooga, Tennessee: City Planning According to Artistic 127, 251 of cities vs. suburbs, 78 downtown of, 184, 188–190 Principles (Camillo Sitte), 26 Brooklyn, New York: Fayetteville 2030, 81–83 Miller Plaza, 189 City streets as public places, Barclays Center, 181–183 Carson, Rachel, xviii technology-based 240–246 Brooklyn Grange, 251 Castra, 3 manufacturing in, 95 Broadway Boulevard, New York transit lines in, 20 Cataneo, Pietro, 6 Waterhouse Pavilion, 189 City, 243–245 Brooklyn Grange, 251 CDM Smith, 202–203 Cheonggyecheon Stream New York Stock Exchange Brown, Joe, 262 CDP (Chicago DeCarbonization daylighting (Seoul, South Financial District Brownfi eld development, 101 Plan), 79–81 Korea), 197–199 streetscapes and security, Bruns-Berrentelg, Jürgen, 211 Celebration, Florida, 65, 66 Cherry Creek (Denver), 70 71–74 Bryant Park (New York City), Center City (Philadelphia), 154 Chicago, Illinois, 16 Santa Monica Boulevard 176–178 Center for Communities by Chicago Botanic Garden, 251 master plan, 240–243 BSA, see Boston Society of Design, 270 Chicago DeCarbonization Civil defense, 42–44 Architects Centers for Disease Control, 84 Plan, 79–81 Civil Defense Agency, 43 Buckhead, Georgia, 184 Central Atlanta Progress, 188 City Beautiful approach in, Civil rights, fate of cities and, xix Buffalo, New York, 15 Centralization, 1–28 26, 27 Civil rights movement, 184 early skyscrapers in, 17 City Beautiful movement, early skyscrapers in, 17 Civitas, 195–196 pedestrian shopping mall 24–28 grid plan of, 13 Claiborne Expressway (New in, 166 early geometric cities, 1–3 Home Insurance Building, 17 Orleans), 213 Buffett, Warren, 71 early organic cities, 1–2 Hyde Park, 20 Claiborne viaduct (New Orleans), Build Better Blocks, 246 garden cities, 22, 23 during Industrial Revolution, 16 212–213 Bunker Hill (Los Angeles), 193 geometric cities of Renaissance, Lincoln Park, 56 Clancy, Patrick E., 295 Burdick Street (Kalamazoo, 5–8 Millennium Park, 74, 223–224 Clayton,, Missouri, 184 Michigan), 166 grid in the New World, 10–14 mixed-use downtown area, 174 Clément, Gilles, 178–180 Burgos & Garrido Arquitectos Industrial Revolution, 15–28 Monadnock Building, 17 Cleveland, Ohio: Asociados, 262–265 merchant cities, 9 Navy Pier, 60 City Beautiful approach for, 26 Burnham, Daniel, 17 middle-class “transit” suburbs, North Loop, 163 downtown decline in, 184 and City Beautiful approach, 19–21 plan of, 27 Flats, 201 26, 27 organic cities of late Middle population growth in, 175 Shaker Heights, 20 and World’s Columbian Ages, 3–5 poverty in suburbs of, 87 Climate change, x, xxiv n.5, 119. Exposition, 25 regulating industrial cities, regional initiatives for, 136 See also Global warming Bury, John Bagnell, xiii 22, 24 reverse of population decline, 77 adapting cities to, 201 skyscrapers, 17–18 suburbs and increased territory and resilience planning, C suburbs, 18–19 of, 20 205–208 Calatrava, Santiago, 217 upper-class railroad Edens, 19 urban farming in, 251 CNU (Charter for the New Calthorpe, Peter, 133, 134 Central Park (Manhattan),
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