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245 14 a| The urbanism of Frank Lloyd Wright /c| Neil Levine.;

264 1 a| Princeton :b| Princeton University Press,c| [2016];

300 a| xvii, 446 pages :b| illustrations (some color), maps, plans ;c| 29 cm;

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500 a| Conceived and developed as a companion volume to The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 429-435) and index.;

505 0 a| Suburbs in the Grid : The New Streetcar City -- The City in Question at the Dawn of the Automobile Age -- Visions for the City Center : Urbanism under the Hegemony of the Automobile.;

520 a| "This is the first book devoted to Frank Lloyd Wright's designs for remaking the modern city. Stunningly comprehensive, The Urbanism of Frank Lloyd Wright presents a radically new interpretation of the architect's work and offers new and important perspectives on the history of modernism. Neil Levine places Wright's projects, produced over more than fifty years, within their historical, cultural, and physical contexts, while relating them to the theory and practice of urbanism as it evolved over the twentieth century"--Page 4 of cover.;

505 0 a| Suburbs in the grid : the new streetcar city. Wright's first urban design initiative : the development plan for the Roberts Block, 1896 ; The quadruple block plan as the framework for the Ladies' home journal "Home in a prairie town," 1900-1901 ; The Roberts Block revisited, 1903-4, the city beautiful, and the garden city ; The quadruple block plan expanded into an entire neighborhood scheme for the Chicago City Club competition of 1912-13 -- The city in question at the dawn of the automobile age. Congestion and its remedies in the skyscraper city of the 1920s ; Decentralization versus centralization : Broadacre City's ruralist alternative to Le Corbusier's urbanism. 1929-35 -- Visions for the city center : urbanism under the hegemony of the automobile. A civic center megastructure for the lakefront of Madison, Wisconsin, 1938 ; Crystal City : a highrise, mixed-use, superblock development for Washington, D.C., 1940 ; The Point Park Civic Center and traffic interchange for the heart of downtown Pittsburgh, 1947 ; Plan for the expansion of Baghdad anchored by a cultural center, 1957.;

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650 0 a| City planningx| Historyy| 20th century.=| ^A213819;

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The urbanism of Frank Lloyd Wright / Neil Levine.

Author/creator	Levine, Neil, 1941- author.
Format	Book
Publication	Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2016]
Copyright Date	©2016
Description	xvii, 446 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 29 cm
Subjects	Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959--Criticism and interpretation. City planning--History. --20th century.

Contents	Suburbs in the Grid : The New Streetcar City -- The City in Question at the Dawn of the Automobile Age -- Visions for the City Center : Urbanism under the Hegemony of the Automobile.
Contents	Suburbs in the grid : the new streetcar city. Wright's first urban design initiative : the development plan for the Roberts Block, 1896 ; The quadruple block plan as the framework for the Ladies' home journal "Home in a prairie town," 1900-1901 ; The Roberts Block revisited, 1903-4, the city beautiful, and the garden city ; The quadruple block plan expanded into an entire neighborhood scheme for the Chicago City Club competition of 1912-13 -- The city in question at the dawn of the automobile age. Congestion and its remedies in the skyscraper city of the 1920s ; Decentralization versus centralization : Broadacre City's ruralist alternative to Le Corbusier's urbanism. 1929-35 -- Visions for the city center : urbanism under the hegemony of the automobile. A civic center megastructure for the lakefront of Madison, Wisconsin, 1938 ; Crystal City : a highrise, mixed-use, superblock development for Washington, D.C., 1940 ; The Point Park Civic Center and traffic interchange for the heart of downtown Pittsburgh, 1947 ; Plan for the expansion of Baghdad anchored by a cultural center, 1957.
Abstract	"This is the first book devoted to Frank Lloyd Wright's designs for remaking the modern city. Stunningly comprehensive, The Urbanism of Frank Lloyd Wright presents a radically new interpretation of the architect's work and offers new and important perspectives on the history of modernism. Neil Levine places Wright's projects, produced over more than fifty years, within their historical, cultural, and physical contexts, while relating them to the theory and practice of urbanism as it evolved over the twentieth century"--Page 4 of cover.
General note	Conceived and developed as a companion volume to The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 429-435) and index.
Genre/form	Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Genre/form	History.
LCCN	2015003566
ISBN	9780691167534 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
ISBN	0691167532 (hardcover ; alk. paper)

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