Name/Title
"THE HEART OF OUR CITIES: THE URBAN CRISIS: DIAGNOSIS AND CURE"Entry/Object ID
99.40.1.8Description
"THE HEART OF OUR CITIES: THE URBAN CRISIS: DIAGNOSIS AND CURE"
Color: Green; White
"The Heart of Our Cities: The Urban Crisis: Diagnosis and Cure" (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1964,) 368 pp. A hardcover book in green cloth with a white dustjacket covered in mylar. The front cover of the jacket has a circular design with red dots at the center, amoeba-like designs around this, joined by intersection dashed lines and five arches at the edge of the circle. The title of the book is at the top of the jacket front with the subtitle and author's name below. The main title and author's name are on the top of the spine, with a continuation of the front circular design at the bottom, within which is the publisher's name. On the back of the dustjacket is a photograph of Gruen and a biographical sketch of him. The work is divided into three parts: "The City," defining a city, discussing the merits of planning, and inquiring into whether cities were dying; "The Anti-City," referring to urban and suburban sprawl, inner-city decay, misuse of resources and the problems with architecture; and "The Counterattack," oulining Gruen's solutions for urban problems, including addressing automobile-driven settlement patterns, new types of transportation, and generally converting inner cities from a focus on accomodating cars to allowing for pedestrian uses, landscaping and public spaces. Gruen's company conducted the master planning for the City of Industry in the early 1970s, including the restoration of the Homestead Museum. The book is in good condition with only slight wear to the jacket and cover.Lexicon
Search Terms
Three-dimensional, Books, Victor Gruen Associates, Simon and Schuster, Urban policy--United States
