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ReAdiNGs

Urbanologist Max Grinnell
City parks are threads in an urban tapestry

F

rederick Law olmsted,
the father of urban landscape architecture, once
described the ideal city
park as a place where citydwellers " may stroll for an hour...and find
the city put far away from them. " Boston
University professor, urbanologist, and
author Max Grinnell, who immerses his
students and his walking tour groups in
the sights, sounds, and stories of Boston
and Chicago neighborhoods, celebrates
city parks for much more than the quiet
reprieve they offer. Grinnell studies parks
in relationship with their surrounding urban landscapes, their histories, and their
shaping social and economic forces.

another on maximizing human liberty.

William h. Whyte. The Social Life of
Small Urban Spaces
Where do people sit in urban parks? Do
they prefer water elements in their parks?
How do people use different environments in such parks? Urbanologist William H. Whyte explored these questions
and many more by spending much time
in New York City parks.

edward Tufte. Envisioning
Information
The way that information is displayed and
represented is important for people working in many fields, and Edward Tufte's
work is invaluable.

le Corbusier. The
City of To-Morrow
and its Planning

Below is Grinnell's list of cross-disciplinary must-reads-books that " inform
conversations about cities...and also provide grist for the mills of those who tend
to urban parks and spaces. "

Paul and Percival Goodman.
Communitas
Written by two brothers, one a social
critic/poet and the other an architect/
professor, Communitas is an extended
meditation on three very different types
of communities: one centered on consumption, one on artistic pursuits, and

In the late 1920s, architect and urban theorist
Le Corbusier looked
around European cities and saw a jumbled
mess. The solution as he
saw it was to rebuild entire cities, rejecting the
historical and incorporating instead a method
of " rational " town planning. An excellent
introduction to Corbusier's thought.

Joseph rykwert. The Seduction of
Place: The History and Future of Cities
A short summary of thinking about the
physical planning of cities, their importance to humanity, and also the tremendous challenges and opportunities they
have presented to humankind over the
millennia.
Visit Grinnell's website for more on
his work and writings:
www.theurbanologist.com
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