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02710aam a2200325Ii 4500 001 081D0F329C8F11E981649E3E97128E48 003 SILO 005 20190702010117 008 181003s2019 ctua b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 9780300229073 020 $a 0300229070 035 $a (OCoLC)1055261404 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d OCLCQ $d ERASA $d YDXIT $d OCLCF $d YDX $d PAT $d YDXIT $d IWA $d SILO 043 $a n-us-sc 050 4 $a NA735 C35 R93x 2019 100 1 $a Rybczynski, Witold $e author. 245 10 $a Charleston fancy : $b little houses & big dreams in the Holy City / $c Witold Rybczynski. 246 3 $a Charleston fancy : $b little houses and big dreams in the Holy City 264 1 $a New Haven : $b Yale University Press, $c [2019] 300 $a 246 pages ; $c 25 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 8 $a Charleston, South Carolina, which boasts America's first historic district, is known for its palmetto-lined streets and picturesque houses. The Holy City, named for its profusion of churches, exudes an irresistible charm. Award-winning author and cultural critic Witold Rybczynski unfolds a series of stories about a group of youthful architects, builders, and developers based in Charleston: a self-taught home builder, an Air Force pilot, a fledgling architect, and a bluegrass mandolin player. Beginning in the 1980s, this cast of characters, exercising a kind of amateur mastery, produced an eclectic array of buildings inspired by the past-including a domed Byzantine drawing room, a fanciful medieval castle, a restored freedman's cottage, a miniature Palladian villa, and a contemporary Mediterranean street. In his careful profiles of these protagonists and the challenges they have overcome in realizing their dreams, Rybczynski compellingly emphasizes the importance of architecture and urban design on a local level, how an old city can remake itself by invention as well as replication, and the role that individuals still play in transforming the urban landscapes around them. 505 0 $a George's house -- Tully and Charles -- The unholy city -- Loving Charleston -- Palladio and polystyrene -- Turrets and domes -- Andrew's world -- The education of a developer -- New urbanism in old Charleston -- Townscapes -- The monopoly game -- Reid's dream -- Urban ergonomics -- Building Catfiddle -- Keeping Charleston. 650 0 $a Architecture $z Charleston. $z Charleston. 650 0 $a City planning $z Charleston. $z Charleston. 650 0 $a Sociology, Urban $z Charleston. $z Charleston. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20191204015338.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=081D0F329C8F11E981649E3E97128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search