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Within Walking Distance

2017-05-16 Architecture
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Release : 2017-05-16
Genre : Architecture
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Book Rating : 715/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Within Walking Distance by : Philip Langdon

Download or read book Within Walking Distance written by Philip Langdon. This book was released on 2017-05-16. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Within Walking Distance, journalist and urban critic Philip Langdon looks at why and how Americans are shifting toward a more human-scale way of building and living. He shows how people are creating, improving, and caring for walkable communities. To draw the most important lessons, Langdon spent time in six communities that differ in size, history, wealth, diversity, and education, yet share crucial traits: compactness, a mix of uses and activities, and human scale. To improve conditions and opportunities for everyone, Langdon argues that places where the best of life is within walking distance ought to be at the core of our thinking. This book is for anyone who wants to understand what can be done to build, rebuild, or improve a community while retaining the things that make it distinctive.

Walking Distance

2012-12 Sports & Recreation
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Release : 2012-12
Genre : Sports & Recreation
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Book Rating : 836/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Walking Distance by : Robert E. Manning

Download or read book Walking Distance written by Robert E. Manning. This book was released on 2012-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the heart of Walking Distance: Extraordinary Hikes for Ordinary People are firsthand descriptions of thirty of the world's best long-distance hikes on six continents—including personal anecdotes, historical backgrounds, and useful tips—accompanied by stunning full-color photographs and maps.

Walking Distance

2019 Comics & Graphic Novels
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Release : 2019
Genre : Comics & Graphic Novels
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Book Rating : 509/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Walking Distance by : Lizzy Stewart

Download or read book Walking Distance written by Lizzy Stewart. This book was released on 2019. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Walking through the streets of London Lizzy meditates on her growth and development as she navigates the city. She also considers the pressures that women face in the modern world, from general societal expectations to the struggle just to walk down the street without being harrassed and made fearful.

Lost Providence

2017 History
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Release : 2017
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 243/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Lost Providence by : David Brussat

Download or read book Lost Providence written by David Brussat. This book was released on 2017. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dave Brussat has made a significant contribution to the history of Providence. For those interested in that history, Lost Providence is a real find. Providence Journal Providence has one of the nation's most intact historic downtowns and is one of America's most beautiful cities. The history of architectural change in the city is one of lost buildings, urban renewal plans and challenges to preservation. The Narragansett Hotel, a lost city icon, hosted many famous guests and was demolished in 1960. The American classical renaissance expressed itself in the Providence National Bank, tragically demolished in 2005. Urban renewal plans such as the Downtown Providence plan and the College Hill plan threatened the city in the mid-twentieth century. Providence eventually embraced its heritage through plans like the River Relocation Project that revitalized the city's waterfront and the Downcity Plan that revitalized its downtown. Author David Brussat chronicles the trials and triumphs of Providence's urban development.

Out On Your Feet

2014-01-13 Sports & Recreation
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Release : 2014-01-13
Genre : Sports & Recreation
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Book Rating : 206/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Out On Your Feet by : Julie Welch

Download or read book Out On Your Feet written by Julie Welch. This book was released on 2014-01-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For five years Julie Welch, a sports writer and marathon runner, edited the magazine of the Long Distance Walkers Association -a remarkably large group of people who meet up most weekends to undertake arduous walking challenges 20, 40 or 60 miles long. The highlight, (though others might well say nadir!) of the Walkers’ calendar has long since been the annual ‘Hundred’. First held in 1973, and every year since, its eclectic (but uniformly addicted) participants will walk a hundred miles, non-stop, within 48 hours – watching the sun set and rise again... twice. The annual Hundreds both beguiled and allured Julie until the sports journalist felt herself powerless to resist; she decided she had to have a go herself. Out On Your Feet is the story of what happened: of the 50-mile walks she took part in to build up to the big day; the singular, admirable, often eccentric and above all tough-as-old-boots members of the long-distance fraternity; and finally the full wonder, pain, horror, exhilaration, even hallucination of walking a Hundred. (With fatigue as a constant travel companion, the mind will play tricks...) This highly entertaining book delves into a fascinating sub-culture that will undoubtedly baffle and inspire in equal measure.

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