The Essential William H. WhyteOver the course of the following three decades, Whyte led the charge to preserve what was best in America's great cities in the face of an increasingly suburbanized culture oriented to the automobile. Whyte's book The Last Landscape (1968) was immediately adopted as a primer for planners and a growing group of citizens interested in the proper management of cities and their surrounding areas. Described by Whyte as a book "about the way our metropolitan areas look and might look, " this classically straightforward -- and optimistic -- discussion of conservation strategies such as open space easements, local land trusts, and cluster development remains pressingly urgent in its contemporary appeal. |
