Edge City: Life on the New FrontierFirst there was downtown. Then there were suburbs. Then there were malls. Then Americans launched the most sweeping change in 100 years in how they live, work, and play. The Edge City. |
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EDGE CITY: Life on the New Frontier
User Review - KirkusAfter the suburbanization of America in the 50's, when people followed new highways out to new one-family homes, came the malling of America in the 60's and 70's and then, in the 80's, the high- rise ... Read full review
Edge city: life on the new frontier
User Review - Not Available - Book VerdictGarreau's rather indifferently written tome, originally produced as a series of Washington Post articles, describes the phenomenon of Edge Cities that have sprung up in various areas of the nation ... Read full review
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