Urban Alchemy: Restoring Joy in America's Sorted-Out Cities

Mindy Thompson Fullilove

New Village Press, Jun 4, 2013 - Social Science - 352 pages

Investigating urban segregation from a social health perspective, the author presents ways to strengthen neighborhood connectivity and empower marginalized communities.

Contents

• From Illusion to Solution: 11
• Our Hearts Inspired: 41
• DSb: 64
• Align: 71
• Keep the whole city in mind: 78
• Make a mark: 122
• Create: 139
• Unpuzzle the Fractured Space: 146
• Create Meaningful Places: 194
• Strengthen the Region: 229
• Connect: 253
• Show Solidarity: 263
• Celebrate Your Accomplishments: 276
• ConClusIon Give Me Your Hands: 295
• ConClusIon Many hands make work light: 296
• Afterword by Ken Doyno: 303
• Notes: 312
• Index: 324

About the author

Mindy Thompson Fullilove is professor of clinical sociomedical sciences and professor of clinical psychiatry at Columbia University. Previous books include House of Joshua: Meditations on Family and Place (2002) and Root Shock: How Tearing Up City Neighborhoods Hurts America and What We Can Do About It (2004).

Foreword by Jean Nouvel. A French architect, Nouvel studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and was a founding member of Mars 1976 and Syndicat de l'Architecture. He has obtained a number of prestigious distinctions over the course of his career, including the Aga Khan Award for Architecture (the prize was awarded to the Institut du Monde Arabe, which Nouvel designed) and the Wolf Prize in Arts in 2005. He was awarded the Pritzker Prize, architecture's highest honour, in 2008, for his work on more than 200 projects.

Afterword by Ken Doyno. Doyno is an architect and a Rothschild Doyno Collaborative firm partner who has played a vital role in the formation and expansion of the practice over his twenty years of working with founding partner, Daniel Rothschild. Through his in-depth understanding and admiration for cities and communities, he has led the integration of the firm's architectural design with urban design and community planning.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Urban Alchemy: Restoring Joy in America's Sorted-Out Cities
• Author: Mindy Thompson Fullilove
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: New Village Press, 2013
• ISBN: 1613320108, 9781613320105
• Length: 352 pages
• Subjects: Architecture / Urban & Land Use Planning; Political Science / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development; Social Science / Sociology / Urban