The Freedom of the City

by Charles Downing Lay

"Congestion is the life of the city . . . it is what we came for, what we stay for, what we hunger for", wrote Charles Downing Lay, prominent American landscape architect and planner of the early 1920s. These words are relevant today as density and congestion are once again under siege, especially in our most productive and thriving cities.

Published in 1926, The Freedom of the City by Charles Downing Lay is an eloquent and timely defense...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1642832952
• ISBN13: 9781642832952
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: Island Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.9" x 7.9"