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The North Atlantic Cities

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‘The North Atlantic Cities’ is a book on urban development and urban life masquerading as a book on architecture…
 
ISBN: 978-1-908457-53-0
Size: 8.25” x 9” Portrait
Binding: Softbound
Pages: 280pp
Publication Date: Fall 2023
World Rights: Available
 
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“Spans across 400 years of architecture and development in four countries: the Netherlands, Great Britain, Ireland, and the United States.”

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What do Amsterdam, London, Brooklyn, Washington, Boston, and Philadelphia have in common? They are all North Atlantic cities. Charles Duff shows how the Dutch invented a new way of building cities in their “Golden Age,” the age of Rembrandt and Vermeer, and how the Dutch way of building became the normal way of building in the British Isles and on the East Coast of the United States. The key to the Dutch-style North Atlantic city is the row house, and Duff shows how the row house cities on both coasts of the ocean grew and continually adapted the Dutch inheritance to changing conditions – sometimes successfully, sometimes not. Today, as we look for ways to live satisfying lives with a low carbon footprint, the North Atlantic tradition provides a range of models that allow people to have spacious houses while supporting walking-distance retail and robust non-automotive transportation.

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Charles Duff is a planner, teacher, developer, and historian. In a career of more than 35 years, he has built or rebuilt more than 300 buildings and led the revival of some of the most successful neighborhoods in Baltimore. A graduate of Amherst College and Harvard University, he lectures widely in the US and elsewhere and has taught at Johns Hopkins University. He co-wrote ‘Then and Now: Baltimore Architecture’ in 2005 and contributed to ‘The Architecture of Baltimore,’ published in 2005 by the JHU Press. His translations of two French works on Greek tragedy were published in the US in 2010 and 2012.

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ISBN: 978-1-908457-53-0
Size: 8.25” x 9” Portrait
Binding: Softbound
Pages: 280pp
Publication Date: Fall 2023
World Rights: Available

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The North Atlantic Cities

“Spans across 400 years of architecture and development in four countries: the Netherlands, Great Britain, Ireland, and the United States.”

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