The format is approximately 11.25 inches by 8,75 inches. [2], 173, [1] pages. Illustrations (including several photo essays). Maps. Selected Reading List The cover has some wear and soiling. Printed largely in a four-column format. Among the contributors are Robert A. J. Stern, Theodore Hershberg, Herbert Gans, Barry Commoner, and Ray Bradbury. Lisa Suter Taylor (1933 1991) was an American artist and museum director. Taylor served as the first director of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum of Decorative Arts and Design from 1969 to 1987, and was the first woman director of a museum within the Smithsonian Institution. From 1958 to 1962 Taylor was a staff member of the President's Fine Arts Commission. From 1962 to 1966 she was the membership director at the Corcoran Gallery of Art. In 1966 she started at the Smithsonian as a Program Director. The collection of the Cooper Union Museum came under the wing of the Smithsonian in 1967. Shortly after, the Andrew Carnegie Mansion was donated to the Smithsonian in 1968 to become the new home for the Cooper-Hewitt Museum of Design. After its transfer to the Smithsonian, the museum was renamed the Cooper-Hewitt Museum of Decorative Arts and Design. Among the topics addressed in this innovative and insightful work are Extinct Cities, Utopia, Urban Development, Geographic Factors, Open Spaces, Communal Spaces, Architectural Styles, Housing, High-Rise, Skyscraper, Land-Use, Downtowns, Suburbs, Civic Architecture, Preservation, Immigrants, Ghetto, Sustainable, Energy Efficiency, Subway, Construction, and Transportation.

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Title: Cities; The Forces that Shape Them
Publisher: Cooper-Hewitt Museum [The Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Design, Rizzoli, New York
Publication Date: 1982
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0847804151
ISBN 13: 9780847804153
Binding: Trade paperback
Edition: Presumed First Edition, First printing.
Condition: Good

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