Edition: Tenth Printing
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: The M.I.T. Press, Cambridge, MA
Date Published: 1972
Description: VG-(See Description) 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" Tall. Bump to one corner, small abrasion on cover and rus stain from paper clip on first page. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
Date Published: 1960
ISBN-13:9780262620017ISBN:0262620014
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Good clean copy; no underlining or highlighting; some very light shelfwear to covers and edges; May have small publisher stamp or marker on page edge. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 202 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. What does the city's form actually mean to the people who live there? What can the city planner do to make the city's image more vivid and memorable to the city dweller? To answer these questions, Mr. Lynch, supported ... read more
Edition: Nineteenth Printing
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: The M.I.T. Press, Cambridge, MA
Date Published: 1960
ISBN-13:9780262620017ISBN:0262620014
Description: Very Good. What does the city's form actually mean to the people who live there? What can the city planner do to make the city's image more vivid and memorable to the city dweller? To answer these questions, Mr. Lynch, supported by studies of Los Angeles, Boston, and Jersey City, formulates a new criterion--imageability--and shows its potential value as a guide for the building and rebuilding of cities. The wide scope of this study leads to an original and vital method for the evaluation of ... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: The MIT Press
Date Published: 1960
Description: Good. No DJ Issued. Pages: 194; Weight: 8oz; Size: 8.3" x 5.5" x 0.6". Considerable edgewear and rubbing on cover, 4 small puncture marks on back cover, otherwise clean, unmarked, tight. read more
Description: Very good. No dust jacket. 194 p. illus. 22 cm. Publications of the Joint Center for Urban Studies. Includes Illustrations. Includes bibliography. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Mit Pr
Date Published: 1960-06-01
ISBN-13:9780262620017ISBN:0262620014
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Description: Acceptable. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: MIT Press
Date Published: 12/1/1960
ISBN-13:9780262120043ISBN:0262120046
Description: Very Good. 0262120046 Pages are unmarked w/used sticker on spine and back-We provide prompt shipping and delivery confirmations-All items are guaranteed. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: M.I.T. Press
Date Published: 1970
Description: Used-Good. Ex-Library. We individually inspect and grade each book. Our books are professionally packaged and processed quickly. read more
Edition: First Thus
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: M.I.T. Press, Cambridge
Date Published: 1960
ISBN-13:9780262120043ISBN:0262120046
Description: Good in Good jacket. Ex-Library. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Describes the way in which differing Urban Design principles have been associated to the development of urban settlements in America. Using case studies such as Boston and New Jersey, Lynch describes what is important to each areas image through the eyes of both the public and professionals. read more
"Even though it is an old text (1960), and the most 'academic' in its scope, I found this book to be the more interesting of the set. Maybe because it answered some of the issues I have been preoccupied with, regarding the urban reality of Athens. The concepts of legibility and the value of empiricism over theory, in talking about a city & its architecture helps explain why, for example, Omonia square will always be a site of 'chaos', despite efforts to 'humanize' the location."
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