{"product_id":"the-boulevard-book-history-evolution-design-of-multiway-boulevards","title":"The Boulevard Book: History  Evolution  Design of Multiway Boulevards","description":"\u003cp\u003eSilver Award Winner for Architecture in the ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Awards. and Winner of the 2001 Professional\/Scholarly Publishing Annual Awards Competition presented by the Association of American Publishers  Inc. in the category of Excellence in Design and Production.  First built in Europe and grandly imported to the United States in the mid-nineteenth century  the classic multiway boulevard has been in decline for many years  victim of a narrowly focused approach to street design that views unencumbered vehicular traffic flow as the highest priority. The American preoccupation with destination and speed has made multiway boulevards increasingly rare as artifacts of the urban landscape. This book reintroduces the boulevard  tree-lined and with separate realms for through traffic and for slow-paced vehicular-pedestrian movement  as an important and often crucial feature of both historic and contemporary cities. It presents more than fifty boulevards?-as varied as Avenue Montaigne  in Paris; C. G. Road  in Ahmedabad  India; and The Esplanade  in Chico  Californiacelebrating their usefulness and beauty. It discusses their history and evolution  the misconceptions that led to their near-demise in the United States  and their potential as a modern street type.  Based on wide research  The Boulevard Book examines the safety of these streets and offers design guidelines for professionals  scholars  and community decision makers. Extensive plans  cross sections  and perspective drawings permit visual comparisons. The book shows how multiway boulevards respond to many issues that are central to urban life  including livability  mobility  safety  interest  economic opportunity  mass transit  and open space.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44948533084213,"sku":"ByrdShop_0262100908","price":224.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780262100908_89874fd9-2be5-4ddf-b192-af1fbd45d775.jpg?v=1770434503","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-boulevard-book-history-evolution-design-of-multiway-boulevards","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}