From the acclaimed landscape designer; historian and author of American Eden; a lively; unique; and accessible cultural history of modern citiesmdash;from suburbs; downtown districts; and exurban sprawl; to shopping malls and ldquo;sustainablerdquo; developmentsmdash;that allows us to view them through the planning; design; architects; and movements that inspired; created; and shaped them.Dream Cities explores our cities in a new waymdash;as expressions of ideas; often conflicting; about how we should live; work; play; make; buy; and believe. It tells the stories of the real architects and thinkers whose imagined cities became the blueprints for the world we live in.From the nineteenth century to today; what began as visionary conceptsmdash;sometimes utopian; sometimes outlandish; always controversialmdash;were gradually adopted and constructed on a massive scale in cities around the world; from Dubai to Ulan Bator to London to Los Angeles. Wade Graham uses the lives of the pivotal dreamers behind these concepts; as well as their acolytes and antagonists; to deconstruct our urban landscapesmdash;the houses; towers; civic centers; condominiums; shopping malls; boulevards; highways; and spaces in betweenmdash;exposing the ideals and ideas embodied in each.From the baroque fantasy villages of Bertram Goodhue to the superblocks of Le Corbusierrsquo;s Radiant City to the pseudo-agrarian dispersal of Frank Lloyd Wrightrsquo;s Broadacre City; our upscale leafy suburbs; downtown skyscraper districts; infotainment-driven shopping malls; and ldquo;sustainablerdquo; eco-developments are seen as never before. In this elegantly designed and illustrated book; Graham uncovers the original plans of brilliant; obsessed; and sometimes megalomaniacal designers; revealing the foundations of todayrsquo;s varied municipalities. Dream Cities is nothing less than a field guide to our modern urban world.Illustrated with 59 black-and-white photos throughout the text.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy snudd1211excellent!0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Lots of great photos of Lobster boats.By DonA great book that has lots of photos of lobster boats and the people that work on them. I highly recommend this book.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. A stunningly beautiful look at the lives of lobstermen.By John BregarThis is not just a coffee table book - it is alive with gorgeous photos of boats and fishermen doing their work. The photos are out of this world. You will not be disappointed. Everyone in Maine should own this book. :-)
