Single-family zoning is practically gospel in America, embraced by homeowners and local governments to protect neighborhoods of tidy houses from denser development nearby.īut a number of officials across the country are starting to make seemingly heretical moves.

Ĭities start to question single-family housing The hardcover currently sells for $23.33 on Amazon, where 100 percent of customers have awarded it with five stars a Kindle version is also available. mirrors the country’s views on urbanism, for better or worse.' Last month, it was hailed as 'an invaluable contribution to our understanding of and conversation about cities' by Metropolis magazine (a journal of the architecture industry), while The Washington Post called Goldberger's book 'both a beautifully illustrated history of North American baseball stadiums and a defense of the simple but enduring idea of a ballpark that fits neatly into the hum and hive of a grid of city streets.' In a May review for Curbed, writer Patrick Sisson said the book 'explores how the growth of baseball. The 'concrete donuts' of the 1950s and '60s made plain television's grip on the public's attention, while more recent ballparks (like Baltimore's Camden Yards) signal a new direction for stadium design and baseball's role in urban development. The earliest ballparks, evoked the Victorian age in their accommodations - bleachers for the riffraff, grandstands for the middle-class. In 'Ballpark: Baseball in the American City,' author Paul Goldberger presents an exhilarating look at the history of baseball, as told through the stories of the vibrant, ever-changing ballparks where the game is staged.Ī Pulitzer Prize-winning architectural critic, Goldberger makes clear the inextricable bond between the American city and America's favorite sport. Baseball is unquestionably America's pastime, and many of the stadiums where those games take place are revered as national landmarks.

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