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Published by Brand: New Village Press, 2007
ISBN 10: 0976605473ISBN 13: 9780976605478
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Building Commons and Community documents 45 years of the late Karl Linn's legacy creating neighborhood spaces for communities and by communities. In this richly-ilustrated landscape-format hardcover book, Linn presents his philosophies and practical wisdom.Linn created some of America's first community design centers, and his work inspired Eunice Shriver to initiate Americorps. In this richly-illustrated book, Linn presents his philosophies and practical wisdom to help people use the resources they find in their own surroundings to create welcoming shared spaces.In addition to an extensive addendum of resources for creating community commons, this work contains colorful photo-essay case studies of projects that cross boundaries between professional design and neighborhood activism provide inspiration and guidance for citizens and professionals who wish to collaborate to strengthen communities. Projects include community gardens, playgrounds, parks and other gathering places built on derelict or unused property by the people who use them.Landscape architect and child psychologist Karl Linn (1923-2005) was a beloved, down-to-earth, visionary leader of grassroots community building, who brought life to economically disenfranchised neighborhoods in cities from Boston to Berkeley. His book documents the creativity and ingenuity of working-class citizens, students and volunteer professionals who transformed derelict vacant lots and drab institutional settings into colorful and lively community commons in Boston, New York, Newark, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Louisville KY, Pittsburgh, Columbus OH, Chicago, St. Louis, San Francisco and Berkeley.
Published by Brand: New Village Press, 2011
ISBN 10: 0981559379ISBN 13: 9780981559377
Seller: Books of the Smoky Mountains, Del Rio, TN, U.S.A.
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Condition: very good. Gently used book with ongoing seller support until you're fully satisfied with your purchase.
Published by Brand: New Village Press, 2011
ISBN 10: 0981559379ISBN 13: 9780981559377
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
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Condition: new.
Published by Brand: New Village Press, 2010
ISBN 10: 0981559352ISBN 13: 9780981559353
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
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Condition: new.
Published by Brand: New Village Press, 2006
ISBN 10: 0976605406ISBN 13: 9780976605409
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
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Condition: new.