Mark Hinshaw has a proposition for Americans: Come out of the bunker, throw open the gates, and meet the neighborhood. In this passionate appeal, he introduces those who have already done just that and explains what cities can do to make true urbanism possible. He rejoices in the growing number of people rejecting sterile, paint-by-numbers subdivisions in favor of vibrant and unpredictable urban neighborhoods. This vivid account of cities small and large emerging from the cobwebs of late 20th century development will show communities with lingering antiurban tendencies how to embrace density...
Mark Hinshaw has a proposition for Americans: Come out of the bunker, throw open the gates, and meet the neighborhood. In this passionate appeal, he i...
Planning success depends on the support of city dwellers, builders, and workers. But few citizens understand why planning matters to the look, feel, and experience of daily city life. Most planners are at a loss to explain. Not Mark Hinshaw. He regularly brings the public face-to-face with real-life planning through his columns in the Seattle Times. Now, in Citistate Seattle, this respected architect and certified planner addresses a national audience by documenting planning's triumphs, near misses, and outright failures in one of America's most interesting boom towns. Planners looking for a...
Planning success depends on the support of city dwellers, builders, and workers. But few citizens understand why planning matters to the look, feel, a...
