Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #951453 in Books
• Published on: 1991-10-01
• Released on: 1991-10-01
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: 7.93" h x .53" w x 5.23" l, .63 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

From Amazon.com
Tony Hiss's lively book takes a considered look at a variety of landscapes, from New York's Central Park to the Great Plains, and points out why the design of some places gives us the creeps, while that of others liberates our senses. Hiss suggests how cities and suburbs can be shaped to keep (or rediscover) their connection to the natural landscape, and, more important, how--for once--our expansion into a place need not mean its destruction. There's much food for thought in The Experience of Place, and a dozen starting points for the reinhabitation our lands require.

From Publishers Weekly
Elements of environmentalism and urban and regional planning inform Hiss's on-site responses to Manhattan landmarks, Maine's north woods, Great Britain's protected landscapes and Frankfurt's open spaces. "His revelatory odyssey is an invitation to stop, look, linger--and preserve what is life-enhancing in the environment," said PW. Illustrated.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal
Hiss, a writer for The New Yorker (where portions of this will appear), passionately believes that "the places where we spend our time affect the people we are and can become." Here he explores psychological attitudes toward physical environments--parks, farms, and cities. Concerned about the debilitating effects of overdevelopment and urban sprawl on both the individual and collective psyche, he draws on innovative thinkers like Frederick Law Olmsted and Benton MacKaye to find practical suggestions for rethinking current environmental problems. This ambitious and caring essay speaks to a generation of Americans who hunger not only to save but enhance the Earth. For all but the smallest libraries. --Kenneth F. Kister, Tampa, Fla.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.