6. The Ghost of Howard: Advent of the Masterplan and the Loss of Place

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Figures ix
4. Preface xi
5. Introduction. Modernity and Its Urban Context 1
6. 1. Paradigms of City Form in the Urbanism of Ebenezer Howard and Jane Jacobs 22
7. 2. Howard vs Jacobs: Ideal City or Authentic Street? 50
8. 3. Twentieth-Century Transformations of the Garden and the City 75
9. 4. The Neighbourhood as a State of Wonderment: The Urbanist Dream of Jane Jacobs 96
10. 5. Spectacle and Contempt in City Form: Howard and Jacobs 120
11. 6. The Ghost of Howard: Advent of the Masterplan and the Loss of Place 151
12. 7. “Growth Ain’t Expansion”: Jacobs in Toronto 180
13. 8. Urban Space: Medium or Message? 204
14. Bibliography 227
15. Index 251