British Columbia - History, City Planning & Urban Design
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Overview
"Vancouver is a city of desire. In the opening years of the twenty-first century, Vancouver has willed itself into the consciousness of the world, seducing the global imagination with its experiments in contemporary city-making." "But is the attention deserved, and what are the forces driving the ferocious pace of growth and change that underlie Vancouver's emerging form? Dream City reveals how the city's street grid, transportation network and cult of the view - among other factors - are shaping its urban landscape." "Lance Berelowitz offers a passionate exploration of the links between Vancouver's dramatic setting of ocean and mountains, its history of speculative development and its emerging culture of planning and design. He also makes the startling case that Vancouver is to the Canadian imagination what Los Angeles is to the American - a mythologized place of endless possibilities that is grounded in altogether more limited social and environmental realities. His provocative prose digs below the surface of observations made by local boosters and awestruck visitors alike: it is writing as a form of urban archeology." Dream City is illustrated with historical and contemporary photographs of many significant buildings and public spaces, and specially commissioned maps that reveal the underlying patterns of growth of Canada's youngest metropolis.Book Details
Published
August 1, 2010
Publisher
Douglas & McIntyre Publishing Group
Pages
288
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9781553651703