Updated with a new Introduction by the authors and a foreword by Richard Florida; this book is a comprehensive guide book for urban designers; planners; architects; developers; environmentalists; and community leaders that illustrates how existing suburban developments can be redesigned into more urban and more sustainable places. While there has been considerable attention by practitioners and academics to development in urban cores and new neighborhoods on the periphery of cities; there has been little attention to the redesign and redevelopment of existing suburbs. The authors; both architects and noted experts on the subject; show how development in existing suburbs can absorb new growth and evolve in relation to changed demographic; technological; and economic conditions. Retrofitting Suburbia was named winner in the Architecture Urban Planning category of the 2009 American Publishers Awards for Professional and Scholarly Excellence (The PROSE Awards) awarded by The Professional and Scholarly Publishing (PSP) Division of the Association of American Publishers
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful. A fast-paced. playful jaunt through rock historyBy ZoeI write this seconds after finishing the book on the third night in a row I sat up way too late laughing myself silly at the authors wonderful wit and delightful style. The book is full of interesting nuggets of rock lore. most of which I had not come across before. It was an enlightening experience. to say the least.Early on. Boone invites us in. describing the nearly equal pleasure a music enthusiast like himself takes from just reading and learning about music. as he does from actually listening to the music. As someone who spends a lot of time combing through allmusic. absorbing every little bit of trivia I can whenever I discover a band for myself. I felt like he was coming from the same place.The book is very conversational. It reads fast and is a great time. not to mention that it is also very well written. In short. I had a hell of a lot of fun.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. If you love rock trivia. sure. get itBy Duke McCrackenIll read anything with rock and roll trivia. the attempts at humor fall flat. for example. jokes about bass players. thats been done about a million times. And. yes. you guessed it. I do play the bass. But almost any bass player knows hes the bass player already.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Sort of a rock n roll bathroom readerBy JudithI wasnt surprised to learn that the author of this book was also the author of the Uncle Johns bathroom reader about music. This book is pretty much a bathroom reader type book about rock music. I did enjoy parts of it a lot. However. the thing that made me knock the review down to three stars was the authros attitude. Hes one of those guys who thinks his taste in music is right. and yours is wrong if it doesnt match his. He likes metal and harder edged rock. which is fine. except that he zoned in on those types of groups and didnt have much to say about other forms of rock. such as RB. I really thought there was too much about KISS. for instance. Not only was there too much emphasis on the authors favorite groups. but he actually took some pot shots at other artists whose music wasnt to his taste. For instance. he informs us that all the Eagles albums and all the solo projects by any of the Eagles are horrible. Those kinds of snarky shots didnt win me over.
