Creating meaningful cities.(Timeless Cities: An Architect's Reflections on Renaissance Italy)(Book Review) Modern Age | June 22, 2004| | COPYRIGHT 2004 Intercollegiate Studies Institute Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Timeless Cities: An Architect's Reflections on Renaissance Italy, by David Mayernik, Boulder: Westview Press, 2003. 274 pp.

THE IDEA BEHIND David Mayernik's Timeless Cities--that the urban realm is the touchstone of human achievement and cultural memory, and that it deserves our greatest attention--is not only a wake-up call for contemporary architects, planners and engineers, but also for politicians, developers and civic activists, in fact everyone involved in city building and growth management. But why should this challenge be of any special interest today? ...

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