The American Planner: Biographies and Recollections
Florence, Kentucky, U.S.A. New York: Methuen, (1983), 1983. FIRST EDITION HARDCOVER IN DUST JACKET F/F.
Florence, Kentucky, U.S.A. New York: Methuen, (1983), 1983. FIRST EDITION HARDCOVER IN DUST JACKET F/F.
First edition. Oblong 4to; 135 pp.; illustrated. Justin Doro on Washington DC; branding the 1968 olympics; Selma; etc.
Zurich: Girsberger, 1963. The first volume of the collected works of Finnish modernist Alvar Aalto to 1963, featuring architectural work and furniture designs. Text in English, German, and French. First edition. 23 cm; illustrated from photographs, plans, and drawings. A very good copy or better in original gray cloth, in.....
Lodon: Hodder & Stoughton, 1923. Report commissioned by the Stratford-upon-Avon Preservation Committee to provide a survey of its present condition, and the role of imminent industrialization. Abercrombie suggests a policy of self-interest which avoids inconsiderate development and inconsiderate conservatism, a system in which local interests serve the interests of national.....
Cambridge, MIT, 1942. Brochure describing the curriculum and faculty of the graduate and undergraduate Planning programs at MIT. Laid-in is a circular promoting the 1945 City and Regional Planning Fall Conference at the school. 22.5 cm; 9 pp.; illustrated from photographs. A very good copy in printed wrappers.
New York: Press of the AIA, Inc., 1926. Brunner was an American architect educated at MIT and active at the turn of the century in New York. His career began with George Post but in1898 he independently won the competition for the Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York, and soon.....
New York: Historic Districts Council, (2006). Third edition. 8vo; 128 pp.; illustrated from photographs, plans, and drawings. A fine copy in original wrappers. The revised guide, originally published in 1992. “A practical handbook for individuals and organizations who think their neighborhood merits historic designation.” Written for New York residents but.....
Chicago: ASPO, (1967). First edition thus, facsimile edition. 8vo; 105 pp. A very good copy or better in original brown printed wrappers. The 1909 proceedings in facsimile, published for the 50th Anniversary conference of the American Institute of Planners in 1967.
N.p.: Beebreeders, 2019. Published by some kind of an architectural competitions clearinghouse, with no known actual location except on the internet. This is Issue 1 with interviews with coroporate figures and manufacturers, design concepts for affordable housing in Hong Kong, NYC, London, and Syndey, and some housing startup profiles. First.....
Denver: B of A, 2013. A Guidebook to the 2013 edition of the Biennial art and architecture program, with an agenda that calls for "fundamentally new visions of urban life...with four temporary architectural projects" being constructed in the downtown core. First edition. 18 cm; 79 pp.; illustrated from photographs. A......
Bangor: N. P. , N. D. [c. 1963]. Published anonymously to encourage approval of a referendum to get the Feds to pay for as much of Bangor’s downtown retail redevelopment as possible. With renderings of the future glory of the revived metropolis ("The proposed motel complex appears in the background.....
New York: Time, Inc., 1938. First edition. Folio; 144 pp.; illustrated. Light wear to spine; else a very good copy or better in pictorial wrappers. The June 1938 issue of Fortune with a 10-page feature on Robert Moses.
New York: Rolling Stone, 1970. Advertisement for "Real City", a conceptual environment to be built for rock festivals, and now for rent to enterprising promotors. Published as an ad in Rolling Stone, the March 19, 1970 issue. Probably never built. A very good copy.
Basel: Birhouaser, (1994). First edition. 4to; 271 pp.; ilustrated. Light wear to extremities; else a good copy or better in original pictoral coated boards, without dj as issued.
Lodon: AD, 2007. A survey of current architecture, trends, and visions of the future for India, as well as the recent work of 25 firms active on the subcontinent. First edition, 27.5 cm; 160 pp.; illustrated from photographs, plans, and drawings. Soft crease to front cover; else a very good.....
Paris: Building Books, 2020. A documentation of the recreation of pedestrian urban space at the Madeleine in Paris by h20 architectes. Text in English and French. First edition. 24 cm; 96 pp.; illustrated from photographs, plans, and drawings. A fine copy in wrappers.
Cambridge: MIT Press, (1986), 1986. A major monograph on the work of the American architect Ernest Flagg, designer of the Singer Tower, once the tallest building in the world; the USNA, the Scribner Building, etc. First edition. 8vo; pp. xiii, 405; illustrated from photographs, plans, and drawings. Spotting to top.....
Utica: Bailey, 1968. Proposal for development of a section of the Erie Canal, with a restoration of the Canal at Fort Hunter, including a Visitor Center, educational facilities, recreation areas, preservation of existing structures, etc. 23 cm; 51 pp.; illustrated from photographs, plans, and drawings, including large folding plan. A......
York: York Chamber of Commerce, 1948. First edition. Folio (25 x 35.5 cm); 370 pp.; illustrated from maps, including one color folding map. A fine copy in original gilt-stamped green cloth. A detailed planning study performed the Baker Engineers.
Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon, 2016. Collection of interviews made by students at Carnegie Mellon School of Arch. with Tschumi, Franch i Gilabert, Wiel Arets, Denari, MVRDV others. First edition. 17.5 cm; 229 pp.; illustrated from photographs, plans, and drawings. A very good copy in wrappers.
New York: City Planning Commission, 1965. A study of New York's renewal strategy for the mid-sixties. The first chapters deal with the city's housing and renewal priorities, followed by chapters dealing with housing programs that involve redevelopment and restoration. Report developed to be presented to the incoming Lindsay administration, which.....
Bollati Boringhieri, 2009. Work by the American landscape architect Diana Balmori concerning the relationship between cities and rivers. Published in Italy, text in Italian, no known English edition. Inscribed by Balmori. First edition. 21.5 cm; 204 pp.; illustrated from photographs, plans, and drawings. A fine copy in wrappers.
New York: ORO, 2015. Trade catalog for the New York landscape architect showing projects and completed work. Balsley's work in the city includes parks as well as projects for scraps of land and the post-industrial waterfront, along with work all over the US and in Asia.
Newark: Barnett & Herenchak, 1976. There were attempts to save and modernize the venerable market before it was finally forced out of Manhattan in 2005; it’s hard to imagine a more challenging project than the one these guys took on. Unions, mafiosi, and real estate developers were to agree on.....
St. Louis: Harland Bartholomew and Associates, 1950. The final report to Utica’s Planning Board, "summarizing and coordinating previously submitted reports [over] three years." With sketches of development proposals, a modest civic center, etc. The usual issues--growth, zoning, streets, traffic, transportation, barge canals...Bartholomew had an active role in Utica’s planning since.....