Parks Arva Moore George Merrick, Son of the South Wind: Visionary Creator of Coral Gables 9780813061511

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Автор: Parks Arva Moore
Название: George Merrick, Son of the South Wind: Visionary Creator of Coral Gables
ISBN: 9780813061511
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
Классификация:

Биографии деятелей бизнеса и промышленности

История Америк

Городские общины

Градостроительная планировка

ISBN-10: 0813061512
Обложка/Формат: Hardback
Страницы: 384
Вес: 0.83 кг.
Дата издания: 30.11.2015
Язык: English
Иллюстрации: 70 black & white photographs
Размер: 239 x 160 x 36
Ключевые слова: Biography: business & industry,History of the Americas,Urban & municipal planning
Подзаголовок: Visionary creator of coral gables
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Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: The story of developers selling off the Sunshine State is as old as the first railroad tracks laid across the peninsula. But seldom do we hear about the men who actually built a better Florida. In George Merrick, Son of the South Wind, South Florida historian Arva Moore Parks recounts George Merricks quest to distinguish himself from the legions of developers who sought only profit.Helping to create the land boom of the 1920s, Merrick transformed his familys citrus grove just outside of Miami into one of the finest planned communities: the master suburb of Coral Gables. With a team of architects and city planners, he built homes for the growing middle class in the Mediterranean Style using local stone, and he invested in public infrastructure by designing and building parks and pools, trolley lines and waterways. He pledged land for a library and the university that would become the University of Miami. Hailed in national publications as a visionary, Merrick was green before green, a New Urbanist before the movement even had a name.As Coral Gables and Merrick prospered, he reinvested in education, affordable housing, and other progressive causes. But the Great Depression ravaged Miami, and Merricks idealism cost him his fortune. He died with an estate worth less than $400.With unprecedented access to the Merrick family and mining a treasure trove of Merrick’s personal letters, documents, speeches, and manuscripts, Parks presents the remarkable story of George Merrick and the development of one of the nation’s most iconic planned cities.
Дополнительное описание: History of the Americas|Biography: business and industry|Urban and municipal planning and policy

George Merrick, Son of the South Wind: Visionary Creator of Coral Gables, Parks Arva Moore