Specter, David Kenneth.

Urban spaces / David Kenneth Specter - Greenwich, Connecticut : New York Graphic Society, c1974 - 274 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.

Includes index.

Foreword by Walter McQuade -- 1. Introduction -- 2. An urban space -- 3. The place to go -- 4. The floor of the city: a paving anthology -- 5. Water -- 6. Waterfront: the city's edge -- 7. Lighting -- 8. Anticipation and surprise -- 9. Seating -- 10. Street furniture -- 11. Surface enrichment -- 12. Graphics -- 13. Shelters -- 14. Cafes -- 15. Variable participation -- 16. Covered pedestrian streets -- 17. Multiple generators of activity -- 18. The shopping street -- 19. A hierarchy of pedestrian spaces -- 20. Directions -- A. Waterfront use -- B. Incentive zoning -- C. Pedestrian Streets -- D. Covered pedestrian spaces -- Index of photographs -- Notes.

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ARCHITECTURE -- PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS

NA 9031 .S64 1974