About this title: Which are the world's best streets, and what are the physical, designable characteristics that make them great? To answer these questions, Allan Jacobs has surveyed street users and design professionals and has studied a wide array of street types and urban spaces around the world. With more than 200 illustrations, all prepared by the author, along with analysis and statistics, "Great Streets" offers information on street dimensions, plans, sections, and patterns of use, all systematically compared. It also reveals Jacob's eye for the telling human and social details that bring streets and ...
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Mit Pr
Date Published: 1995-09-01
ISBN-13:9780262600231ISBN:0262600234
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780262600231. read more
Description: Reader copy. Ex library hardback with D/J, usual stamps/markings. 1993 1st edition c/w > 200 illustrations-some shelf wear & page edges little grubby, fep hinge cracked otherwise in good overall condition. Will despatch within 24 hours. Heavy book 2.2kgs-will ship oversease for extra postage. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: MIT Press, Cumberland, Rhode Island, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780262100489ISBN:0262100487
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. 10 1/4 X 12 1/4-Hardcover book with a great dust jacket-no previous owner markings-not price clipped. read more
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Edition: Illustrated.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780262100489ISBN:0262100487
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Book has tight binding, bright crisp pages. Both book and DJ are somewhat shopworn. Sticker on DJ back. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 341 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: Illustrated.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780262100489ISBN:0262100487
Description: New in new dust jacket. Like new, never been read, still in protective plastic wrapping. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 341 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Good. 0262600234 Good condition. May have some markings & or shelfwear. All pages intact. Used items may not include extras such as infotrac, CD or other web access codes. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Mit Press Ltd
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780262600231ISBN:0262600234
Description: New. This work compares hundreds of streets around the world to determine the design and other elements that make some of them "great". It contains plans, cross-sections, maps of individual streets and a set of one-square-mile maps of the street plans of 5... read more
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Edition: NEW ED
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Mit Press, USA
ISBN-13:9780262600231ISBN:0262600234
Description: New. Please note that deliveries to addresses in the UK and Europe will be in 4-14 business days. Other countries should refer to Alibris standard times. 'Great Streets' compares hundreds of streets around the world to determine the design and other elements that make some of them great. It contains plans, cross sections, and maps of individual streets and a set of one-square-mile maps of the street plans of 50 cities around the world. ISBN10: 0262600234. read more
Great drawings and plans of streets, some interesting road maps, but the text doesn't add much. It's understandably difficult to formulate hard and fast rules about what makes a street "great," but most of the descriptions are only vague observations on whatever seems to have hit the author's eye. Still, it does give the reader a better understanding of all the different factors that affect the quality of streets."
"Like another reviewer, I can't say much about the text. But the appendix! Black and white abstractions of the street maps/layouts of cities around the world and through time. Beautiful. Highly recommended."
"I can't claim to have read much of the text in this volume, but I can attest to the value of the plans and illustrations provided. This is a good reference for those looking to emulate existing successful spaces, but for the most part its just a delight to flip through."
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