Urban Design for an Urban Century – Shaping More Livable, Equitable, and Resilient Cities, Second Edition

<p>Acknowledgments vii</p>
<p>Introduction ix</p>
<p>Urban Design: A Social and Civic Art ix</p>
<p>Chapter 1 Roots of Western Urban Form: Centralization 1</p>
<p>First Cities 1</p>
<p>Rebirth of European Cities: Organic Cities of the Late Middle Ages 3</p>
<p>Reintroduction of Classical Learning: Geometric Cities of the Renaissance 5</p>
<p>The Emergence of Merchant Cities: Integrating Renaissance Ideas and the Marketplace 9</p>
<p>The Grid Reaches the New World 10</p>
<p>The Industrial Revolution 15</p>
<p>Chapter 2 Decentralization: The Rise and Decline of Industrial Cities 31</p>
<p>Proto–Urban Design: Rejecting a Classical Past to Shape an Industrial Future 31</p>
<p>Chapter 3 Recentralization: The Forces Shaping Twenty–First–Century Urbanism 69</p>
<p>New York Stock Exchange Financial District Streetscapes and Security (New York, New York) 71</p>
<p>District of Columbia Streetcar Land Use Study (Washington, D.C.) 75</p>
<p>Chicago Decarbonization Plan (Chicago) 79</p>
<p>Fayetteville 2030: Transit City Scenario (Fayetteville, Arkansas) 81</p>
<p>South Coast Rail Economic and Land Use Plan (Massachusetts) 88</p>
<p>Citygarden (St. Louis, Missouri) 90</p>
<p>UrbanRiver Visions (Massachusetts) 93</p>
<p>Campus Martius Park (Detroit, Michigan) 95</p>
<p>The Future of Pittsburgh Hillsides (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) 98</p>
<p>Emscher Landscape Park (Ruhr Valley, Germany) 108</p>
<p>SW Ecodistrict (Washington, D.C.) 111</p>
<p>Lloyd Crossing Sustainable Urban Design Plan (Portland, Oregon) 113</p>
<p>East Baltimore Comprehensive Physical Redevelopment Plan (Baltimore, Maryland) 120</p>
<p>Torre David Informal Settlement (Caracas, Venezuela) 124</p>
<p>Chapter 4 Recentralization: Twenty–First–Century Urbanism Takes Shape 131</p>
<p>Eastward Ho! (Southeast Florida) 134</p>
<p>Charlottesville Commercial Corridor Study (Charlottesville, Virginia) 136</p>
<p>Crystal City Vision Plan 2050 (Arlington, Virginia) 142</p>
<p>Sandy Springs City Center Master Plan (Sandy Springs, Georgia) 145</p>
<p>Portland Streetcar (Portland, Oregon) 159</p>
<p>Belmar (Lakewood, Colorado) 169</p>
<p>Bryant Park (New York, New York) 176</p>
<p>Parc Andr&eacute; Citr&ouml;en (Paris, France) 178</p>
<p>Barclays Center (Brooklyn, New York) 181</p>
<p>Discovery Green (Houston, Texas) 185</p>
<p>Cheonggyecheon Stream Daylighting (Seoul, South Korea) 197</p>
<p>LA Live (Los Angeles, California) 200</p>
<p>Marina Barrage (Singapore) 202</p>
<p>Masdar City (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates) 204</p>
<p>HafenCity (Hamburg, Germany) 208</p>
<p>Fairmount Line Smart–Growth Corridor (Boston, Massachusetts) 214</p>
<p>Ellen Wilson Neighborhood Redevelopment (Washington, D.C.) 216</p>
<p>North Wharf Promenade/Jellicoe Street/Silo Park (Auckland, New Zealand) 219</p>
<p>Millennium Park (Chicago, Illinois) 223</p>
<p>The High Line (New York, New York) 225</p>
<p>Parco San Giuliano (Venice, Italy) 227</p>
<p>Swiss Government Plaza (Bern, Switzerland) 230</p>
<p>Tanner Springs Park (Portland, Oregon) 232</p>
<p>Railroad Park (Birmingham, Alabama) 234</p>
<p>Superkilen Park, N&oslash;rrebro (Copenhagen, Denmark) 237</p>
<p>Santa Monica Boulevard Master Plan (West Hollywood, California) 240</p>
<p>Broadway Boulevard (New York, New York) 243</p>
<p>POPOS: Privately Owned Public Open Spaces (San Francisco, California) 248</p>
<p>Chapter 5 Theories of Urbanism 255</p>
<p>Seaside Town Square and Beachfront Master Plan (Seaside, Florida) 259</p>
<p>Madrid R&iacute;o (Madrid, Spain) 262</p>
<p>Chapter 6 Urban Design for an Urban Century: Principles, Strategies, and Process 271</p>
<p>Bridge Street Corridor Plan (Dublin, Ohio) 273</p>
<p>National 9/11 Memorial (New York, New York) 289</p>
<p>Afterword 299</p>
<p>Index 301</p>