[PDF] New Life In Old Cities eBook

Author : Steven W. Semes
Publisher : Getty Publications
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 44,50 MB
Release : 2024-07-02
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 160606875X

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The highly influential writings by an important early advocate for the conservation of historic cities are made available for the first time in English. The Italian architect, historian, and restorer Gustavo Giovannoni (1873–1947) was a key figure in the fields of architecture, urbanism, and conservation during the first half of the twentieth century. A traditionalist largely neglected by the proponents of modernist architecture following World War II, he remains little known internationally. His writings, however, until now unavailable in English, represent a significant step toward the full appreciation of the historic city and are directly relevant today to the protection of urban historic resources worldwide. This abundantly illustrated critical anthology is a representative sample of Giovannoni’s seminal texts related to the appreciation, understanding, and planning of historic cities. The thirty readings, which appear with their original illustrations, are grouped into six parts organized around key concepts in Giovannoni’s conservation theory—urban building, respect for the setting or context, a thinning out of the urban fabric, conservation and restoration treatments, the grafting of the new upon the old, and reconstruction. Each part is preceded by an introduction, and each reading is prefaced by succinct remarks explaining the rationale for its selection and the principal matters covered. Six plate sections further illustrate the readings’ main concepts and themes.

Author : Mason Gaffney
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 34,18 MB
Release : 2007-06-14
Category :
ISBN : 9780990504306

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American cities are rotting from the inside! Many urban centers have lost their residents and their revenue to the sprawling suburbs. Adding to the tale of metropolitan dismay, the once great city of New Orleans remains in shambles years after the Katrina tragedy. What causes cities to grow, to stagnate, or to decay?

Author : Alice L. George
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 32,59 MB
Release : 2004-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780738524450

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Old City Philadelphia is the heart of the City of Brotherly Love, where the Declaration of Independence was signed and the Constitution written. From the Delaware Indians and early Swedish settlers to the artisans and craftspeople who lived along Elfreth's Alley-the oldest residential street in the United States-this town represented the backbone of the new nation until the city's priorities shifted. As change buffeted the city and the nation, Old City Philadelphia resisted passing into oblivion and recreated itself as a place committed to tradition, craftsmanship, and history that is a resident's, and visitor's, delight.

Author : James Fallows
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 15,45 MB
Release : 2018-05-08
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1101871857

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NATIONAL BEST SELLER • The basis for the HBO documentary now streaming on HBO Max For five years, James and Deborah Fallows have travelled across America in a single-engine prop airplane. Visiting dozens of towns, the America they saw is acutely conscious of its problems—from economic dislocation to the opioid scourge—but it is also crafting solutions, with a practical-minded determination at dramatic odds with the bitter paralysis of national politics. At times of dysfunction on a national level, reform possibilities have often arisen from the local level. The Fallowses describe America in the middle of one of these creative waves. Their view of the country is as complex and contradictory as America itself, but it also reflects the energy, the generosity and compassion, the dreams, and the determination of many who are in the midst of making things better. Our Towns is the story of their journey—and an account of a country busy remaking itself.

Author : Sebastian Loew
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 20,38 MB
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 113473266X

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Modern Architecture in Historic Cities illustrates why France has been so successful in combining conservation and modernity, and points to important lessons for other countries which can be drawn from the French experience. Beginning with an empirical review of particular events which have affected attitudes towards heritage in France, this book highlights the continuity in French thinking and the longstanding role of the French government as patron and leader. Planning, conservation and design control legislation are examined, highlighting the range of instruments available to government in order to influence results and enhance the role of the architectural profession.

Author : Bonechi (Firm)
Publisher : Casa Editrice Bonechi
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 47,92 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Art
ISBN : 9788847609662

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Discover the rich history and culture of some of the world¿s most influential historical places with these highly illustrated books, packed with informative and enlightening descriptions and information

Author : Margaret Plant
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 23,98 MB
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300083866

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Margaret Plant presents a wide-ranging cultural history of the city from the fall of the Republic in 1797, until 1997, showing how it has changed and adapted and how perceptions of it have shaped its reality.

Author : Francisco J. Patino
Publisher : Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 15,74 MB
Release : 2022-08-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1641917083

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The writer presents with innumerable details this incredible narrative as an autobiography and as a testimony of his recent medical experiences that includes two surgeries he had suffered in the last few years. In a much-simplified way, he endeavors to explain the relationship that exists between the signs he had been receiving and his illnesses. Even though he has had a successful life, he feels that somehow he is not completely happy with the results. Throughout his journey, he discovers that there are no coincidences in life and that everything happens for a reason. He also finds out that God is always trying to communicate with him, and us, by way of many different signs and messages; however due to our busy schedules, we don't often listen to them, or tend to discard them as unimportant. For many months, the author suffers an internal transformation that unexpectedly makes him happy and which also allows him to experience a gradual change in his spirituality. The inner changes and spiritual evolution that he sees from within motivates and gives him a new purpose for living. He also realizes the immense need to give thanks to God every day for all the blessings he has received. As this exciting drama unfolds, and consequences develop after being able to decipher the meaning of the signs and finding out that God had truly been with him throughout his life, he considers it a duty and a promise to God to explain his testimony in writing, not only for his family and friends but for anyone who desires a spiritual transformation. The story contemplates the universal human questions of how, when, why, what, and where this experience could take place. This narrative is a true story written without exaggeration or drama. The story is a testimony of what actually happened to the author and is therefore identified with our human spirituality, obviously by making a great emphasis on the importance and of the need to find God. His story, The Signs for a New Life, perhaps to some, might be controversial due to the reader's own speculations, ideas, perceptions, and, certainly, religious beliefs.