A country of cities
by Vishaan Chakrabarti · first published 2013
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In A Country of Cities, author Vishaan Chakrabarti argues that well-designed cities are the key to solving America's great national challenges: environmental degradation, unsustainable consumption, economic stagnation, rising public health costs and decreased social mobility. If we develop them wisely in the future, our cities can be the force leading us into a new era of progressive and prosperous stewardship of our nation. In compelling chapters, Chakrabarti brings us a wealth of information about cities, suburbs and exurbs, looking at how they developed across the 50 states and their roles
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…and preachy, IMO, and I don't feel the book delivers on its promises, but it's a much more in-depth look at the ideas faintly alluded to in the article. Differently, check out Vishaan Chakrabarti's A Country of Cities, which disagrees with Krier (and thus agrees with Wright) on the skyscraper: http://www.amazon.com/Country-Cities-Manifesto-Urban-America... It suffers, IIRC, from not enough citations but is otherwise…
on “How Frank Lloyd Wright Tried to Solve the City” ↗Not strictly limited to housing, but Vishaan Chakrabarti[1] speaks about urban development at large, and his book "Country of Cities"[2] is an engaging read. [1] https://www.arch.columbia.edu/faculty/74-vishaan-chakrabarti [2] https://www.amazon.com/Country-Cities-Manifesto-Urban-Americ...
on “Oregon Just Voted to Legalize Duplexes on Almost Every City Lot” ↗“A Country of Cities: A Manifesto for an Urban America“ by Vishaan Chakrabarti
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