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A Better Place to Live : Reshaping the title: American Suburb author: Langdon, Philip. publisher: University of Massachusetts Press isbn10 | asin: 0870239147 print isbn13: 9780870239144 ebook isbn13: 9780585139036 language: English subject Suburbs--United States--Planning. publication date: 1994 lcc: HT352.U6L36 1994eb ddc: 307.1/214/0973 subject: Suburbs--United States--Planning. Page i A Better Place to Live Page ii Books by Philip Langdon Orange Roofs, Golden Arches: The Architecture of American Chain Restaurants American Houses Urban Excellence With Steve Thomas This Old House Kitchens: A Guide to Design and Renovation This Old House Bathrooms: A Guide to Design and Renovation Page iii A Better Place to Live Reshaping the American Suburb Philip Langdon The University of Massachusetts Press Amherst Page iv Copyright © 1994 by Philip Langdon All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America LC 93-42348 ISBN 1-55849-106-6(pbk.) Designed by Mary Mendell Set in Melior by Keystone Typesetting, Inc. Printed and bound by Thomson-Shore, Inc. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Langdon, Philip. A better place to live: reshaping the American suburb / Philip Langdon p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1-55849-106-6 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. SuburbsUnited StatesPlanning. I Title. HT 352.U6L36 1994 307.1'214'0973dc20 93-42348 CIP British Library Cataloguing in Publication data are available. Portions of this book were published in a different form as "A Good Place to Live" in the Atlantic Monthly (March 1988). Page v To Paul A. Knights, a generous and diligent teacher Page vii Contents Preface ix Acknowledgments xv One 1 America's Failing Suburbs Two 27 Streets and Where They Lead Us Three 62 The Rise of Marketing and the Decline of Planning Four 86 Controlling the Neighborhood Five 107 The Rediscovery of the Town Six 148 Turning Around the American House Seven 172 Work, Shopping, and Transportation Eight 200 What Government Can Do Nine 219 Repairing the Existing Suburbs Ten 236 Prospects for a New Vision Notes 245 Suggested Further Reading 253 Illustration Credits 259 Index 261
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