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Article: Revisiting Jacques Greber's L'Architecture aux Etats-Unis: From City Beautiful to Cite-Jardin.(Critical Essay)
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- Urban History Review
- Article date:
- March 1, 2001
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Abstract
In 1920, Jacques Greber published what was and still is the largest book on U.S. architecture and urban design ever issued in France. His dual agenda was to stress the impact of Beaux-Arts design methods (presenting his gardens and Philadelphia parkway as highlights of this trend), and to advocate the practical accomplishments of a pragmatic and affluent civilization.
Showcasing an "edited" North American city, devoid of commercialism and filled with civic structures of great dignity and comfort, L'Architecture aux Etats-Unis looked back to ideals and accomplishments of the American Renaissance and ahead to the metropolitan culture of the ...