{"product_id":"privately-owned-public-space-the-new-york-city-experience-9780471362579","title":"Privately Owned Public Space The New York City","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHailed by the Wall Street Journal as a \"juicy little time bomb of a book\", Privately Owned Public Space: The New York City Experience examines for the first time, New York Citya s 39--year mixed experience with the production of more than 500 plazas, parks, and atriums located on private property yet by law accessible to and usable by the public.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This extensive work provides for the first time a detailed look at the city's experience, pro and con, through photographs, maps, site plans, observed behaviors, and extensive notes.\" (\u003ci\u003eUrbanparadoxes.com\u003c\/i\u003e, 5\/08)  \u003cp\u003e\"The Introduction to Privately Owned Private Space is a history of New York City's attempts at planning and zoning beginning in 1916 and continuing to the present. The detail of the history is sharp while not talking down to the novice, and the politics is fascinating.\" (ArchitectureWeek.com, April 25, 2001)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"The book should also appeal to any enthusiast of urban spaces anywhere in the world, because the lessons learned in the \"Big Apple\" are applicable anywhere. This is a history book, an incredibly detailed map of the New York City, and a lesson in civics all rolled into one.\" (F.L. Andrew Padian, ArchitectureWeek.com)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"This long overdue collaborative effort among urban planning professor Jerold Kayden, New York City's Department of Planning, and the Municipal Art Society, and involving dozens of researchers, is one of the most important books to be published about New York City in years.... Along the same lines, in today's publishing environment, most commercial trade publishers would not likely be interested, and too many high-quality, general interest, New York City-related titles must vie for the limited resources of a few university presses or very small publishing houses that do not have the resources to take on this kind of project -- congratulations to John Wiley for publishing this book.\" (Bradley Beach Books, 9\/01)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE CONTEXT.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e History.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Law: Design, Operation, and Enforcement.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Record.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Research.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e THE SPACES.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Lower Manhattan.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Midtown Manhattan.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Upper Manhattan.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Brooklyn and Queens.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Afterword.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Notes.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Bibliography.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Table: Privately Owned Public Spaces, by Address and Classification.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Photography Credits.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Contacts.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Index.","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037069771095,"sku":"9780471362579","price":69.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780471362579.jpg?v=1750934252","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/privately-owned-public-space-the-new-york-city-experience-9780471362579","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}