Profiting from the Peak: Landscape and Liberty in Colorado Springs

by John Harner

Book Overview

Colorado Springs, Colorado, has long profited from Pikes Peak and built an urban infrastructure to sustain that relationship. In Profiting from the Peak, geographer John Harner surveys the events and socioeconomic conditions that formed the city, analyzing the built landscape to offer insight into the origins of its urban forms and spatial layout, focusing particularly on historic downtown architecture and public spaces. He examines the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1646421671
• ISBN13: 9781646421671
• Release Date: July 2021
• Publisher: University Press of Colorado
• Length: 338 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"