Mall Maker–Now in Paperback
03/12/2010
Mall Maker: Victor Gruen, Architect of an American Dream M. Jeffrey Hardwick 288 pages | 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 | 47 illus. Paper 2010 | ISBN 978-0-8122-2110-7 | $24.95… READ MORE
Category: Urban Studies
Books for Excellence in Service
01/15/2010
“All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.” –Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. As the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day holiday approaches… READ MORE
A New Penn Press Podcast–Imagining Philadelphia: Edmund Bacon and the Future of the City
11/03/2009
In the November Penn Press Podcast Drexel University historian Scott Gabriel Knowles discusses the legacy of Philadelphia architect and urban planner Edmund N. Bacon. Knowles is the editor of the… READ MORE
Imagining Philadelphia: Edmund Bacon and the Future of the City–Now Available
10/20/2009
Imagining Philadelphia: Edmund Bacon and the Future of the City Edited by Scott G. Knowles 184 pages | 6 x 9 | 26 illus. Paper 2009 | ISBN 978-0-8122-2078-0 |… READ MORE
Mapping Decline–Now in Paperback
10/12/2009
Mapping Decline: St. Louis and the Fate of the American City Colin Gordon 304 pages | 7 x 10 | 78 color illus. Cloth 2008 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4070-2 | $55.00… READ MORE
Skyscraper: The Politics and Power of Building New York City in the Twentieth Century–Now Available
09/16/2009
Skyscraper: The Politics and Power of Building New York City in the Twentieth Century Benjamin Flowers 240 pages | 7 x 10 | 51 illus. Cloth 2009 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4184-6… READ MORE
City: Rediscovering the Center–Now in Paperback with a foreword by Paco Underhill
08/31/2009
City: Rediscovering the Center By William H. Whyte. Foreword by Paco Underhill 408 pages | 7 x 10 | 95 illus. Paper 2009 | ISBN 978-0-8122-2074-2 | $24.95 | £16.50… READ MORE
A Penn Press Intern’s Connection to Whyte’s City: Rediscovering the Center
07/29/2009
One of our interns, Lauren Springer, has a personal research connection to the forthcoming re-release of City: Rediscovering the Center by William H. Whyte. In this post, Springer describes her… READ MORE
Miami Police Chief Timoney on Disorderly Conduct and Free Speech
07/27/2009
Yesterday, Maureen Dowd of The New York Times weighed in on the controversial arrest of Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and quoted former Philadelphia Police Commissioner John Timoney in her column…. READ MORE
Sarah Schrank Talks about Public Art on Pacifica Radio in LA
07/23/2009
Another Penn Press author hit the public radio airwaves this month. Earlier this week, Sarah Schrank, author of Art and the City: Civic Imagination and Cultural Authority in Los Angeles,… READ MORE
