The Homes of the Park Cities, Dallas: Great American Suburbs
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| Rating | : | 4.27 (767 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0789209764 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 480 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-12-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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— Legacies: A History Journal for Dallas and North Central Texas. — Period Homes magazineA volume with intellectual weight that matches its physical heft…beautifully designed and produced. As co–author of Great American Suburbs: The Homes of the Park Cities, Dallas, McAlester scoured blueprints and archives in order to profile some 300 houses, which were sumptuously photographed by Stephen Clicque. — Modern Luxury Dallas: InteriorsThis exhaustive, lively study of the Park Cities is a labor of love from three Dallas–area authors…this volume's heft and enthusiastic documentation of street after street will go a long way toward reassuring new buyers that their property dollars can be safely invested in the leafy Park Cities, defended by such staunch preservationists. Praise for The Homes of the Park Cities, Dallas:For anyone clinging to the stereotype that th
Amazon Customer said Five Stars. Great book!. Demetri said Fantastic Book and a Fantastic Town. Highland Park is a storybook town, and this book explains the feel of the town, as well as giving interesting details of the history and architecture of the pre-war homes. I strongly recommend this book.. "INSIDE THE GLORIOUS BUBBLE" according to Shannon Deason. As for as im concerned the Park Cities are the closest thing to heaven on earth as you can get. I absolutely love to jog through the winding streets and admire the beautiful landscape. Kessler and Cook did a fantastic job in their design of Highland Park, Old and New Highland park are like beautiful identical twins, your always trying to deside which is the more spectacular. The breathtaking linear and pocket parks and the slight roll the the terrain give the neighborhood a
McAlester authored an additional appendix that illustrates the architectural styles found in The Park Cities, which run the gamut from Tudor and Colonial Revival to Minimal Traditional and MidCentury Modern.As grand as the houses it chronicles, Homes of the Park Cities, Dallas will fascinate architects, historians, suburbanites, and wouldbe suburbanites alike.. A beautiful and comprehensive chronicle of two of America’s earliest and most luxurious suburbs: Highland Park and University Park, Texas, featuring over 300 fullcolor photographs.Dallas local Virginia McAlester, author of A Field Guide to American Houses, the classic book on the subject, and Abbeville’s celebrated Great American Houses and Their Architectural Styles, teamed up with Prudence Mackintosh and Willis Cecil Winters to write Homes of the Park Cities, Dallas. This impressive and informative case study immerses readers into the architecture and culture, both past and present, of these classy neighborhoods.Illustrated with over 280 specially commissioned photographs, in addition to over 75 maps, graphs, and archival images, this insightful work