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With Robert A.M. Stern I wrote a history of architecture and urbanism in the Progressive Era, New York 1900, Metropolitan Architecture and Urbanism 1890–1915 (Rizzoli, 1983) as well as an introduction to the history of suburbia before sprawl, The Anglo–American Suburb (St. Martin's Press, 1981). With Victor Dover, I am writing Street Design, The Art & Practice of Making Complete Streets (J. Wiley & Sons, 2013).

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Sunday, April 22, 2007

Lawyers

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HERE's the "structure" they're referring to:

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I understand that there's no railing on the pier, but can't they say something as simple as that? This is not Philip Howard's The Death of Common Sense, but we're getting there. I'd be willing to bet that the engineers who designed the pier 100 years ago or so knew the public would use it.

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I suppose "Don't be an Idiot." would have been too blunt.

Posted by: Will Cox at Apr 23, 2007 12:58:39 PM