{"product_id":"radical-suburbs-experimental-living-on-the-fringes-of-the-american-city-paperback","title":"Radical Suburbs: Experimental Living on the Fringes of the American City - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAmanda Kolson Hurley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A revelation . . . will open your eyes to the wide diversity and rich history of our ongoing suburban experiment.\" --Richard Florida, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Rise of the Creative Class\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e America's suburbs are not the homogenous places we sometimes take them for. Today's suburbs are racially, ethnically, and economically diverse, with as many Democratic as Republican voters, a growing population of renters, and rising poverty. The cliche of white picket fences is well past its expiration date. The history of suburbia is equally surprising: American suburbs were once fertile ground for utopian planning, communal living, socially-conscious design, and integrated housing. We have forgotten that we built suburbs like these, such as the co-housing commune of Old Economy, Pennsylvania; a tiny-house anarchist community in Piscataway, New Jersey; a government-planned garden city in Greenbelt, Maryland; a racially integrated subdivision (before the Fair Housing Act) in Trevose, Pennsylvania; experimental Modernist enclaves in Lexington, Massachusetts; and the mixed-use, architecturally daring Reston, Virginia. Inside \u003ci\u003eRadical Suburbs\u003c\/i\u003e you will find blueprints for affordable, walkable, and integrated communities, filled with a range of environmentally sound residential options. \u003ci\u003eRadical Suburbs\u003c\/i\u003e is a history that will help us remake the future and rethink our assumptions of suburbia. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"The communities Kolson Hurley chronicles are welcome reminders that any place, even a suburb, can be radical if you approach it the right way.\" --NPR\u003cbr\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eRadical Suburbs\u003c\/i\u003e overturns stereotypes about the suburbs to show that, from the beginning, those 'little boxes' harbored revolutionary ideas about racial and economic inclusion, communal space, and shared domestic labor. Amanda Kolson Hurley's illuminating case studies show not just where we've been but where we need to go.\" ―Alexandra Lange, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Design of Childhood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAmanda Kolson Hurley\u003c\/strong\u003e is a writer who specializes in architecture and urban planning and a senior editor at \u003cem\u003eCityLab\u003c\/em\u003e. Her work has appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eArchitect\u003c\/em\u003e magazine, \u003cem\u003eThe American Scholar\u003c\/em\u003e, and many other publications. She lives in Silver Spring, Maryland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.2 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 09, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53654794240307,"sku":"9781948742368","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/42ROlKplO49781948742368.webp?v=1784009939","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/radical-suburbs-experimental-living-on-the-fringes-of-the-american-city-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}