Urban design downtown : poetics and politics of form

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Urban design downtown : poetics and politics of form

Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris and Tridib Banerjee

University of California Press, 1998

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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The corporate downtown, with its multitude of social dilemmas and contradictions, is the focus of this well-illustrated volume. How are downtown projects conceived, scripted, produced, packaged, and used, and how has all this changed during the twentieth century? The authors of "Urban Design Downtown" offer a critical appraisal of the emerging appearance of downtown urban form. They explore both the poetics of design and the politics and economics of development decisions. Following a historical review of the various phases of downtown transformation, Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris and Tridib Banerjee turn to contemporary American downtowns. They examine the phenomenon of public-space privatization, arguing that corporate open spaces are the consumer-oriented result of policies that have promoted downtown renovation and restructuring but at the same time have neglected the cities' existing poverty-stricken cores. The book's case studies of individual West Coast downtown projects capture the essence of late twentieth-century urbanism. This analysis of downtown urban America, which offers extensive insight into the design and development process, will interest architects, city planners, developers, and urban designers everywhere.

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List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: The New Downtown PART ONE: THE EVOLUTION OF DOWNTOWN FORM 1.The Changing Face of Downtown 2.Models of Downtown Design 3.Corporate Production of Downtown Space PART TWO: THE POLITICS OF DEVELOPMENT 4.The Politics of Place Making 5.The Two Faces of Downtown Public Life and Space in Transition PART THREE:THE POETICS OF FORM 7.The Poetics of Corporate Open Spaces 8.One Percent Aesthetics 9. Theming and Stage Setting: The Story of Production and Promotion 10. Postmodern Urban Form Epilogue: Challenges for Downtown Urban Design Notes Bibliography Index

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