Palimpsests: Biographies of 50 City Districts. International Case Studies of Urban Change

Paul Knox

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Palimpsests

Biographies of 50 City Districts. International Case Studies of Urban Change

Paul Knox

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2012

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What benefits do city districts offer their users?

Knox’ in-situ studies present 50 especially significant city districts from the whole of Europe in words and pictures. His field research focuses on typologically outstanding city districts that have developed a high degree of individuality.
Cities are the symbiosis of diverse districts: the smaller units serve to provide an important identity function: business centers and amusement districts such as the City and the West End in London, technology and science quarters (Adlershof in Berlin), designer districts such as the Zona Tortona in Milan and the Fashion District in New York. Two other factors that play a major role are the conversion of industrial wastelands and new districts colored by a supranational capitalism or a sustainable or dubious planning – such as the Vauban residential quarter in Freiburg in South Germany or the Lower Ninth District in New Orleans. Paul Knox also always analyzes how and why these districts have turned out the way they are: outlining their visible and also their hidden and often blurred "biography". A fascinating journey through space and time!

A special kind of urban travel guide
Inspiring typologies for architects and urban planners
Featuring examples from Paris, Edinburgh, San Francisco, Washington, amongst others

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Paul Knox, College of Architecture and Urban Studies at Virginia Tech, (United States).

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	4
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	6
Introduction: Cities and Their Districts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	7
Abandoibarra, Bilbao Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	12
Adlershof, Berlin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	18
Ancoats, Manchester Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	22
Belgravia, London Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	30
Boundary Street Estate, London Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	34
Bournville, Birmingham Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	40
Bryggen, Bergen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	46
Cary, Raleigh Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	50
The City, London Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	56
Dorchester, Boston Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	64
Eastern Harbour, Amsterdam Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	70
Encino, Los Angeles Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	76
False Creek, Vancouver Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	80
Fashion District, New York Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	86
Forest Hills Gardens, New York Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	90
The Ghetto, Venezia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	94
Grands Boulevards, Paris Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	100
Greenbelt, Maryland Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	106
Hollywood, Los Angeles Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	110
Hoxton, London Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	114
Hufeisensiedlung, Berlin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	120
Isle of Dogs, London Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	126
Kentlands, Gaithersburg Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	132
The Kuip, Gent Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	136
La Défense, Paris Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	140
Levittown, New York Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	146
Little Saigon, Los Angeles Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	150
The Loop, Chicago Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	154
Lower 9th District, New Orleans Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	160
Le Marais, Paris Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	164
Mission District, San Francisco Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	170
New Town, Edinburgh Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	174
Old Town, Alexandria, Virginia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	180
Pike Place, Seattle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	186
Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	190
Quadrilatero della moda, Milano Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	194
Riverside, Chicago Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	198
Scharnhauser Park, Stuttgart Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	202
Schöneberg, Berlin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	206
Shaw, Washington, D.C. Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	210
South Beach, Miami Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	218
SouthPark, Charlotte Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	224
Spitalfields, London Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	228
Temple Bar, Dublin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	234
Theatreland, London Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	240
Trastevere, Roma Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	248
Tysons Corner, Virginia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	252
Quartier Vauban, Freiburg im Breisgau Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	256
Zähringerstadt, Bern Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	262
Zona Tortona, Milano Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	266
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	273

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Pages and Images/Illustrations in book

eBook published on:

November 5, 2012

eBook ISBN:

9783034612128

Pages and Images/Illustrations in book

Main content:

280

Coloured Illustrations:

300

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783034612128

eBook ISBN: 9783034612128

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