New Towns For Old ─ Achievements In Civic Improvement In Some American Small Towns And Neighborhoods

Nolen's (1869-1937) status as a pioneer in town and city planning and the breadth of his projects, including Mariemont, Ohio (the development of which he directed from the ground up) to Venice, California is inducement enough to consider this classic work, which has been long out of print. Nolen steps through the thought processes and considerations he took to merge the social, economic and physical aspects of planning along with thorough needs assessment, judgment and professional instinct, which are particularly appropriate as reminders that not every eyesore can be solved by a fountain and not every cityscape should be punctuated by a high-rise. This edition, a reprint of the original published in 1927, includes Nolen's illustrations and photographs as well as an extensive new introduction by Charles D. Warren who provides context in his capacity as architect and academic. Annotation c2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

CHARLES D. WARREN is an architect whose projects have been featured in publications in the U.S. and in Europe. He was the Muschenheim fellow at the University of Michigan, where he taught architectural design and theory, and he has taught design studios at Catholic University in Washington and the Institute for Classical Architecture in New York. In addition to his practice Warren has written for magazines and journals and authored the introduction to the new edition of The Architecture of Charles A. Platt. He served as Town Architect in Seaside Florida in the early '90s.