The Syntax of City Space

American Urban Grids

Mark David Major, Ruth Conroy Dalton

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Routledge
19 March 2018

Development studies; Human geography; Urban & municipal planning; Transport planning & policy

Many people see American cities as a radical departure in the history of town planning because of their planned nature based on the geometrical division of the land. However, other cities of the world also began as planned towns with geometric layouts so American cities are not unique. Why did the regular grid come to so pervasively characterize American urbanism? Are American cities really so different?

The Syntax of City Space: American Urban Grids by Mark David Major with Foreword by Ruth Conroy Dalton (co-editor of Take One Building) answers these questions and much more by exploring the urban morphology of American cities. It argues American cities do represent a radical departure in the history of town planning while, simultaneously, still being subject to the same processes linking the street network and function found in other types of cities around the world. A historical preference for regularity in town planning had a profound influence on American urbanism, which endures to this day.

By: Mark David Major, Ruth Conroy Dalton
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 189mm,
Weight: 744g
ISBN: 9781138301573
ISBN 10: 1138301574
Pages: 244
Publication Date: 19 March 2018
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction: The American Urban Object PART I FORMAL COMPOSITION 1 The Regular Grid as Historical Object 2 The Regular Grid as Historical Subject 3 The Essential Right Angle 4 The Regular Grid in America PART II FORM AND SPACE 5 The Spatial Logic of American Cities 6 The Grid as Generator PART III SPATIAL CONFIGURATION 7 Order and Structure in the Regular Grid 8 Complexity and Pattern in the City 9 Learning from the Grid Conclusion: The Tapestry Being Woven Acknowledgments Bibliography Illustration Credits Index About the Author

Dr. Mark David Major, AICP, CNU-A, is a Professor of Urban Design at the Savannah College of Art and Design. He is a graduate of Clemson University, University College London, and the University of London.