TY - BOOK AU - Cullen, Gordon TI - The concise townscape SN - 9780750620185 U1 - 711.4 PY - 1971/// CY - Burlington, MA : PB - Architectural Press, KW - City planning N1 - includes index and bibliography; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Introduction to 1971 Edition; Casebook: Serial vision; Place; Content; The functional tradition; General Studies: Squares for all tastes; Cross as focal point; Closure;; Line of life;; Legs and wheels; Hazards N2 - This book pioneered the concept of townscape. 'Townscape' is the art of giving visual coherence and organization to the jumble of buildings, streets and space that make up the urban environment. It has been a major influence on architects, planners and others concerned with what cities should look like ER -