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Rubble: Unearthing the History of Demolition

5 reviews
Jeff Byles

Harmony, 2005

A charming and thoroughly researched look at architectural destruction
According to author/journalist Jeff Byles, we can trace the modern history of building demolition to the Great Fire of London in 1666. With remarkable foresight, diarist Samuel Pepys declared that "unless his Majesty did command houses to be pulled down, nothing could stop the fire." Pepys then "hustled home and buried his wine and Parmesan cheese in the garden." When the Lord Mayor ignored the ...

The New York 2030 Notebook (Institute for Urban Design Notebooks, #1)

Institute for Urban Design, 2008

The New York 2030 Notebook provides a diverse range of responses to New York's PlaNYC, the first strategic plan for the city since 1969 released by Mayor Bloomberg in 2007. The Notebook includes presentations by local policymakers explaining the approach to the plan and responses by local urban enthusiasts from a symposium held in November, 2007 by the Institute for Urban Design. These help to put the plan into some context, and precede a ...