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From Publishers Weekly
A thought-provoking account of the new urban centers that are developing on the edges of major metropolitan areas in the U.S.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal
Garreau's rather indifferently written tome, originally produced as a series of Washington Post articles, describes the phenomenon of Edge Cities that have sprung up in various areas of the nation, usually in close proximity to intersecting highways and urban areas. These entities are found in former rural or residential areas and contain office and retail space, a population that increases at 9 a.m. on working days, and a local perception of the Edge City as the final destination for mixed-use shopping, jobs, and entertainment. Garreau describes how developers, planners, politicians, and others have combined in such areas as Northern and Central New Jersey, Boston, Detroit, Atlanta, Phoenix, Southern California, and the San Francisco Bay region to erect these new entities. He also discusses such interesting trends as the newly emergent black upper middle class in the Atlanta environs and the neo-Civil War battle to preserve the Manassas battlefield site in Virginia from developers. For general collections. Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 5/15/91.
-Norman Lederer, Thaddeus Stevens State Sch. of Technology, Lancaster, Pa.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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AMERICANS are creating the biggest change in a hundred years in how we build cities. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
dematerializing technologies, leasable office space, outer beltway, mine canaries, new black middle class, structured parking, individual transportation, shadow governments, indoor trees, old downtowns, ooo square feet, mall area Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Edge City, Edge Cities, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, New Jersey, Orange County, United States, Til Hazel, Salt River Project, Bishop Ranch, Civil War, Bridgewater Commons, Southern California, Walnut Creek, Contra Costa, Las Colinas, Silicon Valley, North America, Wall Street, William Center, John Lewis, Leisure World, New England, New Hampshire New!
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