{"product_id":"radical-suburbs-experimental-living-on-the-fringes-of-the-american-city-9781948742368","title":"Radical Suburbs: Experimental Living on the Fringes of the American City","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eRadical Suburbs\u003c\/em\u003e is a revelation. Amanda Kolson Hurley will open your eyes to the wide diversity and rich history of our ongoing suburban experiment.\"--Richard Florida\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmerica's suburbs are not the homogenous places we sometimes take them for. Today's suburbs are racially, ethnically, and economically diverse, with as many Democratic as Republican voters, a growing population of renters, and rising poverty. The cliche of broad lawns and white picket fences is well past its expiration date.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe history of suburbia is equally surprising. Rather than bland, sprawling cookie-cutter developments, some American suburbs were once fertile ground for utopian planning, communal living, socially conscious design, and integrated housing. In \u003cem\u003eRadical Suburbs\u003c\/em\u003e, Amanda Kolson Hurley, an editor at \u003cem\u003eBloomberg Businessweek\u003c\/em\u003e, takes us on a tour of some of these radical communities, including: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- the co-housing commune of Old Economy, Pennsylvania\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- a tiny-house anarchist community in Piscataway, New Jersey\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- a government-planned garden city in Greenbelt, Maryland\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- a racially integrated subdivision (before the Fair Housing Act) in Trevose, Pennsylvania\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- experimental Modernist enclaves in Lexington, Massachusetts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- and the mixed-use, architecturally daring Reston, Virginia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere you will find blueprints for affordable, walkable, and integrated communities, filled with a range of environmentally sound residential options. It's a timely reminder, as NPR put it, that \"any place, even a suburb, can be radical if you approach it the right way.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn insightful study that will make you rethink your assumptions about suburbia and possibly remake its future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmanda Kolson Hurley\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer who specializes in architecture and urban planning and a senior editor at \u003ci\u003eCityLab\u003c\/i\u003e. Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eArchitect\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, \u003ci\u003eThe American Scholar\u003c\/i\u003e, and many other publications. She lives in Silver Spring, Maryland.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Belt Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50517019361554,"sku":"9781948742368","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_54d8b30c-407e-49c4-bfb5-94063812920f.jpg?v=1731030379","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/radical-suburbs-experimental-living-on-the-fringes-of-the-american-city-9781948742368","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}