Municipal Mind Manifestos for the Creative City |
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| Author:
| Di Cicco, Pier Giorgio |
| Afterword by:
| Landry, Charles |
| ISBN: | 978-1-894469-32-6 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2007 |
| Publisher: | Mansfield Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $12.95 |
Book Description:
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In Municipal Mind, Toronto's Poet Laureate offers a blueprint for building sustainable cities in a global era, predicated on city soul. By weaving bold and savvy strategies for urban creativity and civic prosperity, together with a reasoned appeal for mutual respect, understanding and interaction among citizens, he persuades us that Ð in the delicate balancing of universal values and individual needs Ð cities can do far, far better. Municipal Mind offers up a whole new way of civic...
More DescriptionIn Municipal Mind, Toronto's Poet Laureate offers a blueprint for building sustainable cities in a global era, predicated on city soul. By weaving bold and savvy strategies for urban creativity and civic prosperity, together with a reasoned appeal for mutual respect, understanding and interaction among citizens, he persuades us that Ð in the delicate balancing of universal values and individual needs Ð cities can do far, far better. Municipal Mind offers up a whole new way of civic being and thinking that puts wonder before commerce and nothing before human encounter.