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Livable Cities Observed

BEING REPRINTED BY POPULAR DEMAND

A Source Book of Ideas and Images for
City Officials, Planners, Architects
and Community Leaders

Suzanne H. Crowhurst Lennard
Henry L. Lennard

272 pages; 180 illustrations

ISBN 0-935824-06-5 (paper)
Lib. Of Congress Catalogue Card #94-075057

Table of Contents

“LIVABLE CITIES OBSERVED is a most wonderful book. It has the capacity to help improve the livability of cities throughout our country and, in fact, around the world for years to come.”

Joseph P. Riley Jr.
Mayor, City of Charleston, SC

“LIVABLE CITIES OBSERVED is a treasure trove of good, human scale design ideas.”

Donald MacDonald, Architect, San Francisco

Price: $42.00

$42.00

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