A better place to live: reshaping the American suburb

578 Pages·1994·6.18 MB·English

by  Philip Langdon

A Better Place to Live : Reshaping the
title:
American Suburb
author: Langdon, Philip.
publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
isbn10 | asin: 0870239147
print isbn13: 9780870239144
ebook isbn13: 9780585139036
language: English
subject Suburbs--United States--Planning.
publication date: 1994
lcc: HT352.U6L36 1994eb
ddc: 307.1/214/0973
subject: Suburbs--United States--Planning.
Page i
A Better Place to Live
Page ii
Books by Philip Langdon
Orange Roofs, Golden Arches: The Architecture of American Chain
Restaurants
American Houses
Urban Excellence
With Steve Thomas
This Old House Kitchens: A Guide to Design and Renovation
This Old House Bathrooms: A Guide to Design and Renovation
Page iii
A Better Place to Live
Reshaping the American Suburb
Philip Langdon
The University of Massachusetts Press
Amherst
Page iv
Copyright © 1994 by Philip Langdon
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
LC 93-42348
ISBN 1-55849-106-6(pbk.)
Designed by Mary Mendell
Set in Melior by Keystone Typesetting, Inc.
Printed and bound by Thomson-Shore, Inc.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Langdon, Philip.
A better place to live: reshaping the American suburb /
Philip Langdon
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 1-55849-106-6
(pbk. : alk. paper)
1. SuburbsUnited StatesPlanning. I Title.
HT 352.U6L36 1994
307.1'214'0973dc20 93-42348 CIP
British Library Cataloguing in Publication data are available. Portions
of this book were published in a different form as "A Good Place to
Live" in the Atlantic Monthly (March 1988).
Page v
To Paul A.
Knights,
a generous
and diligent
teacher
Page vii
Contents
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xv
One 1
America's Failing Suburbs
Two 27
Streets and Where They Lead Us
Three 62
The Rise of Marketing and the Decline of Planning
Four 86
Controlling the Neighborhood
Five 107
The Rediscovery of the Town
Six 148
Turning Around the American House
Seven 172
Work, Shopping, and Transportation
Eight 200
What Government Can Do
Nine 219
Repairing the Existing Suburbs
Ten 236
Prospects for a New Vision
Notes 245
Suggested Further Reading 253
Illustration Credits 259
Index 261