Discount Shopping Online :: Books The Homes of the Park Cities, Dallas: Great American Suburbs : :

The Homes of the Park Cities, Dallas: Great American Suburbs
by: Virginia Savage McAlester, Willis Cecil Winters, Prudence Mackintosh

List Price: $75.00

Amazon.com's Price: $51.00

You Save: $24.00 (32%)
Prices subject to change.

Used Price: $47.73
Third Party New Price: $47.73

Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 728.097642811
EAN: 9780789209764
ISBN: 0789209764
Label: Abbeville Press
Manufacturer: Abbeville Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 480
Publication Date: November 11, 2008
Publisher: Abbeville Press
Sales Rank: 25549
Studio: Abbeville Press

Related Items:

Editorial Review:

Product Description:
Dallas local Virginia McAlester, author of Random House's 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 covers the history and development of Dallas's suburbs, as well as the architects who designed them. Homes also features several appendices, providing notes on how to preserve early-twentieth century homes and a catalogue listing over 1,600 homes by address and architect. 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 Mid-Century Modern.

As grand as the houses it chronicles, Homes of the Park Cities, Dallas will fascinate architects, historians, suburbanites, and would-be suburbanites alike.

325 full-color photographs
plus 75 maps and archival images

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- INSIDE THE GLORIOUS BUBBLE
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 uniqueness. I've been to River Oaks, Beverly Hills, Buckhead, Grosse Pointe, etc..and I can honestly say, the Park Cities are by far and away my favorite. University Park is equally interesting, as the home of SMU and at it's center the uber chic, Volk Estates, as well as all the spectucular churches, they may be called Highland Park this and Highland Park that, but they actually are all in University Park. Though the Park Cities, in particular, ... Read More

Rating:

- PARK CITIES? INTERESTING? SUPRISINGLY YES!!
Before discovering this book, I thought of the Park Cities as a place to avoid, or if absolutely necessary , drive through with the utmost caution and dread, due to the local police force's penchant for pulling over outsiders for the most mundane of traffic infractions, or simply for just "looking" suspicious. Imagine my surprise when I started pouring through the pages of "The Homes of Park Cities", and was drawn by Clicque's artful photographs, Mackintosh's entertaining essays, and McAlester/Winters' excellent and informative scholarly research and writing. Who knew that Azaleas, the signature foliage of the Park Cities, were not native plants, but actually a brilliant business strategy executed by a new and struggling landscape company? Who knew that the Park Cities steadfastly, and presciently, avoided constant pressure and intimidation by the City of Dallas for annexation, thereby avoiding the zoning/building incompetence ... Read More

Rating:

- WHAT A SURPRISINGLY INTERESTING BOOK!!
Just wanted to weigh in on a fascinating "coffee-table" book. If you are interested in the development of american suburbs throughout the twentieth century then you must procure this excellent tome! It features sumptuous photography, scholarly research, amusing and informative historical anecdotes, rare archival images...all presented in a beautifully laid-out and artfully done volume. Never thought that I would be completely engaged by the history of the Park Cities in Dallas, Texas...but I am! Kudos to the authors and photographer! When is the documentary coming out? I would love to see it! A MUST BUY FOR THE HOLIDAYS!

Discount Shopping Online Books and Publications

Books : The Homes of the Park Cities, Dallas: Great American Suburbs
Books and Publications Average Rating:

Search the web for info about The Homes of the Park Cities, Dallas: Great American Suburbs

Discount Shopping Online Books and Publications

Books : The Homes of the Park Cities, Dallas: Great American SuburbsBooks and Publications Average Rating:

Search the web for info about The Homes of the Park Cities, Dallas: Great American Suburbs

Books : The Homes of the Park Cities, Dallas: Great American Suburbs
Books and Publications Average Rating: