Last Harvest: How a Cornfield Became New Daleville: Real Estate Development in America from George Washington to the Builders of the Twenty-First Century, and Why We Live in Houses Anyway
About this title: The bestselling author of "Home" and "A Clearing in the Distance" tells the compelling story of the transformation of a Pennsylvania cornfield into a RneotraditionalS housing development--taking the reader on a revelatory inside tour of real estate in America.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Scribner
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780743235969ISBN:0743235967
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Edition: Annotated.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780743235969ISBN:0743235967
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Edition: Annotated.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780743235969ISBN:0743235967
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. corner crease to cover, no marks. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 309 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
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"I expected from the subtitle that this book would be about the driving forces behind suburban sprawl, and at least a little melancholy about the state of development in America today (well, that's the book I wanted to read, anyway). But it turned out to be more "An inside look at suburban sprawl from a developer's perspective" or something like that. Basically it just followed the process of turning a specific field in Pennsylvania ("the Wrigley tract") into a housing development ("New Daleville," which is actually the real name of a specific development, not the subdivisional equivalent of "John Doe" as I had assumed when I checked the book out from the library), pretty much rooting for the developer the whole way. Anyway, it was still pretty interesting."
"This book was such an interesting insight to how the suburban development has become the standard home for Americans. The story follows a Neo-traditional community from inception by the developer through the moving in of the first families. It sounds dull, but it provides a very compelling story and raises questions about why, where, and how Americans live like they do. The book also highlights reasons for exurban flight, and architectural history and theory behind the styling of suburban design."
"Not too sure if everyone would find this book as interesting as I did...looks at the development of American suburbs, focusing on a new project just outside of Philidelphia. A bit of history, a bit of architecture, a bit of property development..."
"Building houses is hard. Creating entire neighborhoods is much harder, especially if you try to do it well. Lessons abound in Rybczynski's Last Harvest. Don't criticize another developer until you read this book. OTOH, I doubt that many developers are as conscientious as the one he focuses on."
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