About this title: The remaining corner of an old farm, unclaimed by developers. The brook squeezed between housing plans. Abandoned railroad lines. The stand of woods along an expanded highway. These are the outposts of what was once a larger pattern of forests and farms, the "last landscape." According to William H. Whyte, the place to work out the problems of our metropolitan areas is within those areas, not outside them. The age of unchecked expansion without consequence is over, but where there is waste and neglect there is opportunity. Our cities and suburbs are not jammed; they just look that way. There ...
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Doubleday, Garden City, N. Y.
Date Published: 1968
Description: Very Good with no dust jacket. Very good. No dust jacket as issued.; Vi, 376 p. Illus., maps. 24 cm. Includes: Illustrations, Maps. Great Value. Prompt delivery with tracking. Satisfaction guaranteed.; Bibliography: p. [355]-363. read more
Edition: Anchor Books Edition
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Doubleday, Garden City, N.Y.
Date Published: 1970
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by previous owner. vi, 428 p. illus., maps. 24 cm. Includes: Illustrations, Maps. Bibliography: p. [355]-363. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday & Co
Date Published: 1968
Description: Good. No jacket. No dust jacket. Cover cloth is lightly worn and a bit faded at the corners. Bottom corners are a bit bumped. Top block is a bit toned. No other faults. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Doubleday Anchor Books
Date Published: 1970
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Very light edge and corner wear. Previous owner's name inside. Tight binding. 428 p. "The best study available on the problems of open space. "--Charles Abrams, New York Times Book Review. read more
Edition: 1st ed.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday, Garden City, N. Y.
Date Published: 1968
Description: Good in Good dust jacket. Ex-Library. preowned library book with usual library markings-security tag removed from inside cover-protective cover over DJ-nice book. Unknown printing. vi, 376 p. illus., maps. 24 cm. Bibliography: p. [355]-363. read more
Edition: Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Doubleday,, New York
Date Published: 1968
Description: Cover Art. Very Good in Good jacket. Hard Back. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. The hard cover and the jacket has very light wear. The pages has light yellowing.........................We are very careful when we list our books, but sometimes something minor may get by.. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday, Garden City, N. Y
Date Published: 1968
Description: Very good. No dust jacket. some wear to cover; RTB66. vi, 376 p. illus., maps. 24 cm. Includes: Illustrations, Maps. Bibliography: p. [355]-363. read more
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