New Towns for Old: Achievements in Civic Improvement in Some American Small Towns and Neighborhoods

John Nolan

Format
Hardback
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Country
United States
Published
1 May 2005
Pages
328
ISBN
9781558494800

New Towns for Old: Achievements in Civic Improvement in Some American Small Towns and Neighborhoods

John Nolan

The well-illustrated study contains an overview of the development of American urbanism and a concise discussion of Nolen’s ideas for the improvement of towns and cities. Individual chapters examine a variety of new towns planned by Nolen including Mariemont, Ohio, Kingsport, Tennessee, and Kistler, Pennsylvania, as well as the new suburbs of Union Park Gardens in Wilmington, Delaware, and Myers Park in Charlotte, North Carolina. Re-planned towns of Cohasset and Walpole, Massachusetts, are also featured. The forward-looking final chapter includes material on Venice, Florida, one of Nolen’s most ambitious projects. The new edition of New Towns for Old includes additional plans and illustrations, a new index, and a new introductory essay by Charles D. Warren which presents biographical and historical context that illuminates the diverse, productive career of this highly significant practitioner.

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