Product Description

After decades of abandonment, cities across North America are experiencing a renaissance. A new generation is seeking greater excitement and diversity than the typical suburban subdivision offers and many people are instead looking to make their homes in lively urban environments.

In Intown Living, authors Ann Breen and Dick Rigby document this movement, arguing that if properly nurtured, it could help slow current patterns of sprawling development and help revitalize America's cities. They illustrate the many benefits of city living and offer strategies and encouragement for public officials and private developers to team up and expand central city housing opportunities.

The authors present in-depth studies of eight cities--Atlanta; Dallas; Houston; Memphis; Minneapolis; New Orleans; Portland, Oregon; and Vancouver, British Columbia--that are experiencing this type of renaissance, and consider common elements shared by the cities, as well as their differences.

Intown Living is an important new resource for a wide audience of professionals involved with urban design and planning. It will also be of interest to the many people concerned with historic preservation or smart growth, and for students and researchers involved with urban studies and related fields.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1146458 in Books
• Published on: 2005-02-28
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 304 pages

Review
"Ann Breen and Dick Rigby are pioneers in making livable cities. They cover the world looking for the best in design, public space, and historic preservation. We are all indebted to them." --Peter H. Brink

Review
“Conventional wisdom suggests that downtown living is an artifact of the urban past, although some cities never experienced residential abandonment. Through case studies of Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, Memphis, Minneapolis, New Orleans, Portland, and Vancouver, Breen and Rigby demonstrate that intown living--residence in or near a city's downtown--is a growing phenomenon even in the most suburban-oriented, sprawling metropolises....Recommended. Urban studies and planning collections, upper-division undergraduates and above.”–Choice

About the Author
ANN BREEN and DICK RIGBY are codirectors of the Washington, D.C.-based Waterfront Center, a non-profit research and education organization they founded in 1981 to promote best practices in redeveloping urban waterfront resources.