The Lure of the City
The Lure of the City

Author: Austin Williams

Publisher: Pluto Press

Published: 2011-11-15

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780745331775

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Cities, by their very nature, are a mass of contradictions. They can be at once visually stunning, culturally rich, exploitative, and unforgiving. In The Lure of the City, Austin Williams and Alastair Donald explore the potential of cities to meet the economic, social, and political challenges of the current age. This book seeks to examine the dynamics of urban life, showing that new opportunities can be maximized and social advances realized in existing and emerging urban centers. The book explores both the planned and organic nature of urban developments and the impacts and aspirations of the people who live and work in them. It argues convincingly that the metropolitan mindset is essential to the struggle for human liberation. The short, accessibly written essays are guaranteed to spark debate across the media and academia about the place of cities and urban life in our ever-changing world.

LONDON TOWN
LONDON TOWN

Author: CONOR CORDEROY

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2011-12-03

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13: 1470991640

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A delightfully wacky, funny, romantic story about love, particle waves and people. A real feel-good novel to make you smile, laugh and even choke back the odd tear.

The Georgian London Town House
The Georgian London Town House

Author: Kate Retford

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2019-03-07

Total Pages: 365

ISBN-13: 1501337319

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For every great country house of the Georgian period, there was usually also a town house. Chatsworth, for example, the home of the Devonshires, has officially been recognised as one of the country's favourite national treasures - but most of its visitors know little of Devonshire House, which the family once owned in the capital. In part, this is because town houses were often leased, rather than being passed down through generations as country estates were. But, most crucially, many London town houses, including Devonshire House, no longer exist, having been demolished in the early twentieth century. This book seeks to place centre-stage the hugely important yet hitherto overlooked town houses of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, exploring the prime position they once occupied in the lives of families and the nation as a whole. It explores the owners, how they furnished and used these properties, and how their houses were judged by the various types of visitor who gained access.