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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
ISBN-10
1498512410
ISBN-13
9781498512411
eBay Product ID (ePID)
227674989
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
284 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
When Architecture Meets Activism : The Transformative Experience of Hank Williams Village in the Windy City
Publication Year
2016
Subject
Urban & Land Use Planning, Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development, Individual Architects & Firms / General, Sociology / Urban
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Political Science, Architecture, Social Science
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
17.8 Oz
Item Length
9.4 in
Item Width
6.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2016-033141
Reviews
Guy is at his best when analyzing the complicated lives and motivations of coalition members, primarily male leaders, whose stories are usually hidden in macro studies but are made visible here by his extensive use of interviews. . . . Guy's work challenges the view that access and participation alone equate to influence in decision-making., For those concerned with the history of America's sometimes turbulent city centers, Roger Guy's vibrant new book is an important read. By exploring the life and death of Hank Williams Village in Chicago's Uptown, he describes how, in the final years of the 1960s, architects and planners came together with political activists to create an alliance, a wave of organized resistance to the orthodoxies of centrally planned urban renewal. The story told in When Architecture Meets Activism--that of the unprecedented level of control and self-determination over their built environment sought by local residents spurred on by the promises of the civil rights era, and the ultimately successful extinguishing of this community-based approach to design--makes clear the profound importance of grassroots decision-making and advocacy planning, and reveals much that can teach us about contemporary urban issues., This is an excellent, thoroughly researched and well-written detailed historical account of a group of "advocacy" planners and architects who, in the 1960s, led the effort to revitalize Chicago's Uptown, a community of poor white migrants from the South. Guy's book presents a new perspective on urban renewal by uncovering the grassroots organizing role played by a group of radical architects and planners who led the effort to preserve community control over redevelopment in Uptown. This is a ground breaking study that is well suited for urban history, geography, sociology, and planning courses., The once thriving Uptown neighborhood in Chicago was a cauldron of social change at the end of the 1960s. Roger Guy has written an intriguing book about the struggle by residents to fight the city's urban renewal efforts by proposing their own plan for Hank Williams Village. Through extensive interviews and archival research Guy traces the emergence of advocacy planning, Community Design Centers, and activist architecture from early concepts and theory to application in Uptown. The story of young VISTA Volunteer architects, charismatic leadership among Appalachian migrants living in Uptown, development of a Community Design Center, and the lasting impact on those involved is a must read for anyone interested in urban planning history., In telling this story, Guy captures both the limits of "advocacy planning" as well as the influence of activist architecture on the careers of the professionals involved in the experiment., For those concerned with the history of America's sometimes turbulent city centers, Roger Guy's vibrant new book is an important read. By exploring the life and death of Hank Williams Village in Chicago's Uptown, he describes how, in the final years of the 1960s, architects and planners came together with political activists to create an alliance, a wave of organized resistance to the orthodoxies of centrally planned urban renewal. The story told in When Architecture Meets Activism--that of the unprecedented level of control and self-determination over their built environment sought by local residents spurred on by the promises of the civil rights era, and the ultimately successful extinguishing of this community-based approach to design--makes clear the profound importance of grassroots decision-making and advocacy planning, and reveals much that can teach us about contemporary urban issues., University of North Carolina at Pembroke sociologist Roger Guy ably uses Chicago's Uptown as a case study of the emergence of activist architecture and advocacy planning in the mid-20th century.... The author's enthusiasm for the many levels on which this compelling narrative unfolds complements his academic rigor in getting the details right.... This book provides an excellent opportunity for students to understand the history and philosophy of advocacy planning and activist architecture, as well as to absorb useful insights on the benefits and pitfalls involved with these practices.... [T]his work is an important contribution to the literature on the history of urban planning and architectural design. When Architecture Meets Activism articulates the politics, helps understand the people, and analyzes the professions that came together in Uptown during the 1960s and 1970s. It is a compelling narrative well worth the read., This is an excellent, thoroughly researched and well-written detailed historical account of a group of "advocacy" planners and architects who, in the 1960s, led the effort to revitalize Chicago's Uptown, a community of poor white migrants from the South. Guy's book presents a new perspective on urban renewal by uncovering the grassroots organizing role played by a group of radical architects and planners who led the effort to preserve community control over redevelopment in Uptown. This is a ground breaking study that is well suited for urban history, geography, sociology, and planning courses.
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Table Of Content
Introduction: Uncharted Territory: Architects and Planners as Activists 1. Urban Renewal, Advocacy Planning, and Community Design Centers in the United States 2. The Historical, Commercial, and Physical Evolution of Uptown 3. Staging Contentious Conflict: Uptown's Diversity, Appalachian Migrants, and the Anatomy of Resistance 4. Architects and Activists Converge on the Windy City: A Confluence of People and Events 5. The Uptown Community Design Center, and Plan for Hank Williams Village 6. A "Modern Day Christ with a Southern Drawl:" Chuck Geary and the Protracted Fight for Hank Williams Village 7. Divergent Trajectories and Lasting Effects: The Indelible Mark of VISTA and the Uptown Experience 8. Advocacy Planning and Activist Architecture: Then and Now
Synopsis
This social history and community study documents the events surrounding the attempt by community members, activists, and VISTA architects to resist the planned construction of a community college in the neighborhood of Uptown. The planner and architect are seldom envisioned as advocates for the urban poor. However, during the 1960s, New Left planners and architects began working with marginalized groups in cities to design alternatives to urban renewal projects. This was part of a national advocacy planning movement that was taking shape in urban areas like Chicago. Inspired by critics of the Rational-comprehensive model of planning, advocacy planners opposed the imposition of projects on neighborhoods often with no collaboration from residents. One example of this resistance was Hank Williams Village--a multi-purpose housing and commercial redevelopment project modeled after a southern town. The Village was an attempt to prevent the displacement of thousands of southern whites by the planned construction of a community college in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood. While the plan for the Village failed to win support of the local urban renewal board, the work performed by the young VISTA architects became instrumental in their subsequent career trajectories and thus served as formative personal and professional experience., This social history and community study documents the events surrounding the attempt by community members, activists, and VISTA architects to resist the planned construction of a community college in the neighborhood of Uptown. This book includes some of the only surviving material that documents the Hank Williams Village project., This social history and community study documents the events surrounding the attempt by community members, activists, and VISTA architects to resist the planned construction of a community college in the neighborhood of Uptown. The planner and architect are seldom envisioned as advocates for the urban poor. However, during the 1960s, New Left planners and architects began working with marginalized groups in cities to design alternatives to urban renewal projects. This was part of a national advocacy planning movement that was taking shape in urban areas like Chicago. Inspired by critics of the Rational-comprehensive model of planning, advocacy planners opposed the imposition of projects on neighborhoods often with no collaboration from residents. One example of this resistance was Hank Williams Village-a multi-purpose housing and commercial redevelopment project modeled after a southern town. The Village was an attempt to prevent the displacement of thousands of southern whites by the planned construction of a community college in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood. While the plan for the Village failed to win support of the local urban renewal board, the work performed by the young VISTA architects became instrumental in their subsequent career trajectories and thus served as formative personal and professional experience., This social history and community study documents the events surrounding the attempt by community members, activists, and VISTA architects to resist the planned construction of a community college in the neighborhood of Uptown. The planner and architect are seldom envisioned as advocates for the urban poor. However, during the 1960s, New Left planners and architects began working with marginalized groups in cities to design alternatives to urban renewal projects. This was part of a national advocacy planning movement that was taking shape in urban areas like Chicago. Inspired by critics of the Rational-comprehensive model of planning, advocacy planners opposed the imposition of projects on neighborhoods often with no collaboration from residents. One example of this resistance was Hank Williams Village a multi-purpose housing and commercial redevelopment project modeled after a southern town. The Village was an attempt to prevent the displacement of thousands of southern whites by the planned construction of a community college in Chicago s Uptown neighborhood. While the plan for the Village failed to win support of the local urban renewal board, the work performed by the young VISTA architects became instrumental in their subsequent career trajectories and thus served as formative personal and professional experience."
LC Classification Number
HT384.U52C458 2018
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- f***n (390)- Feedback left by buyer.Past yearVerified purchaseItem arrived in even better condition than described- just about mint, and with a cellophane protective cover, which saved me time from applying one myself. All 3 of the essays in the volume were interesting, ie what I was looking for in terms of informational value regarding the New Deal; it was a real fortunate find. The item arrived promptly, was well (not overly) packaged, and the transaction was smooth and easy. I’d work with this seller again, thanks!Hardcover Essays on the New Deal (#176549129673)