
Beyond Sightseeing
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Garvin is the author of six other books on cities including, The American City: What Works, What Doesn't, winner of the American Institute of Architects book award in urbanism and What Makes a Great City,published by Island Press in 2016. Unlike his other professional books, which are devoted primarily to American cities, Beyond Sightseeing deals with tourist destinations around the world to which Garvin travelled. The principles it sets forth are applicable to places and cities anywhere in the world.
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Content
- Intro
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- FOREWORD BY PAUL GOLDBERGER
- PREFACE
- INTRODUCTION
- Chapter 1: FINDING & EXPLORING TOURIST DESTINATIONS WITH A SLOW TRAVEL APPROACH
- Chapter 2: APPRECIATION OF AN ENTIRE PLACE
- Chapter 3: SEEING WHATâ?TS NOT IMMEDIATELY APPARENT
- Chapter 4: UNDERSTANDING & USING STREETS
- Chapter 5: ENJOYING PUBLIC SQUARES
- Chapter 6: VISITING MONUMENTS
- Chapter 7: VIEWING GREAT ARCHITECTURE
- Chapter 8: WANDERING IN PARKS & GARDENS
- Chapter 9: THE ART OF LOOKING BEYOND TOURIST DESTINATIONS
- APPENDIX: SLOW TRAVEL GUIDE
- REFERENCES
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