
The North Atlantic Cities
The Bluecoat Press
Published on 1. December 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-1-908457-53-0 (ISBN)
Description
What do Amsterdam, London, Brooklyn, Washington, Boston, and Philadelphia have in common? They are all North Atlantic cities. Charles Duff shows how the Dutch invented a new way of building cities in their "Golden Age," the age of Rembrandt and Vermeer, and how the Dutch way of building became the normal way of building in the British Isles and on the East Coast of the United States. The key to the Dutch-style North Atlantic city is the row house, and Duff shows how the row house cities on both coasts of the ocean grew and continually adapted the Dutch inheritance to changing conditions - sometimes successfully, sometimes not. Today, as we look for ways to live satisfying lives with a low carbon footprint, the North Atlantic tradition provides a range of models that allow people to have spacious houses while supporting walking-distance retail and robust non-automotive transportation.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Liverpool
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
250 Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 204 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
1043 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-908457-53-0 (9781908457530)
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Persons
Charles Duff is a planner, teacher, developer, and historian. In a career of more than 35 years, he has built or rebuilt more than 300 buildings and led the revival of some of the most successful neighborhoods in Baltimore. A graduate of Amherst College and Harvard University, he lectures widely in the US and elsewhere and has taught at Johns Hopkins University. He co-wrote Then and Now: Baltimore Architecture in 2005 and contributed to The Architecture of Baltimore, published in 2005 by the JHU Press. His translations of two French works on Greek tragedy were published in the US in 2010 and 2012.