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Chatham Village

…Chatham VillageÆs continued viability and vibrance confirms its distinction as a model for planned housing and urban-based community living. | Angelique Bamberg| Regional| Architecture / General Architecture / Urban &…

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The Politics of Place

|9780822958901|Contentious Urban Redevlopment in Pittsburgh| In urban America, large-scale redevelopment is a frequent news item. Many proposals for such redevelopment are challenged—sometimes successfully, and other times to no avail. The…

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The City Natural

…chapter to the early history of American environmentalism. | Shen Hou| History of the Urban Environment| Architecture / Urban & Land Use Planning History / General History / United States…

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The Slum and the City

|9780822948094|Culture and Dissidence in the Villas Miseria of Buenos Aires|The Argentine capital is largely perceived as a middle-class space. Yet in reality, urban poverty and precarious settlements are defining features…

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Atlantic Unbound

Europe, North America, and the Caribbean in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Minosh focuses on France during the expansion of its colonial empire and the French Revolution, Saint-Domingue during and

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