Best Planned Cities In America - April 2024

The Best Planned City in the World: Olmsted, Vaux, and the Buffalo Park System (Designing the American Park)

Beginning in 1868, Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux created a series of parks and parkways for Buffalo, New York, that drew national and international attention. The improvements carefully augmented the city's original plan with urban design features inspired by Second Empire Paris, including the first system of "parkways" to grace an American city. Displaying the plan at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, Olmsted declared Buffalo "the best planned city, as to streets, public places, and grounds, in the United States, if not in the world."Olmsted and Vaux dissolved their historic... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1625340060
• ASIN: 1625340060
• ISBN: 1625340060
• Manufacturer: University of Massachusetts Press

Just Add Fluffy

• ASIN: B078RLQJ3R
• ASIN: B078RLQJ3R

Garmin City Navigator Europe NT

With 1.7 million points of interest and 8.5 million kilometers of road coverage throughout the continent, City Navigator Europe NT delivers all the data you need to navigate Europe. Now offering full coverage for Greece. City Navigator brings you the most detailed street maps available so you can navigate with exact, turn-by-turn directions to any address or intersection. You can also route to restaurants, petrol stations, lodging, attractions and more. Powered by NAVTEQ, a world leader in premium-quality digital map data.

• ASIN: B000MNA3BG
• UPC: 012303870532
• ASIN: B000MNA3BG
• Brand: Garmin
• Manufacturer: Garmin

Ridgewood in the Country Club District: A Historic Suburb in the Best 60,000 City in America - Springfield, Ohio

Ridgewood in the Country Club District gives a rare, detailed look at life in this early suburb of Springfield, Ohio. It follows the meteoric rise of Harry Kissell from a go-getting local real estate agent and developer to one of the architects of the Federal Home Loan Banking System, which, in the midst of the Great Depression, saved millions of Americans from foreclosure and permanently opened up the possibility of home ownership to the middle class.Ridgewood in the Country Club District tells the fascinating story of one of the first fully planned suburban neighborhoods in the United States... [Read More]

• ASIN: 193319779X
• ASIN: 193319779X
• ISBN: 193319779X
• Manufacturer: Orange Frazer Pr

The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America

• ASIN: 0609608444
• ASIN: 0609608444
• ISBN: 1617932868
• Brand: Crown Publishing Group NY
• Manufacturer: Crown

Bad Blood: A Gripping Crime Thriller (Violet Darger FBI Thriller Book 4)

The body slumps over the steering wheel. Pools of blood going tacky on the dash. Two shots to the back of the head.A mafia-style hit in a small town.Special Agent Violet Darger must make sense of this savagery. Figure out how brutality like this could happen in rural Michigan.The victim had been living the American dream. A small-business owner who built a construction empire. Started a family. Coached youth hockey. He seemed to have it all. But his surface life didn’t tell the full story. He carried dark secrets to the grave. Left clues which offer more questions than answers, clues that se... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07DWS8WKY
• ASIN: B07DWS8WKY
• Manufacturer: Smarmy Press

Post-it(R) Notes, 4 in x 6 in, Marseille Collection, Lined, 5 Pads/Pack, 100 Sheets/Pad (660-5PK-AST)

Post-it Notes stick securely and remove cleanly, featuring a unique adhesive designed for use on paper. 4 in. x 6 in. size is great for to-do lists in calendars or planners. A World of Color Marseille Collection showcases lively pastels conveying the vitality of this French port city. 5 Pads/Pack, 100 Sheets/Pad

• ASIN: B0006HVJ3O
• UPC: 800011313225
• ASIN: B0006HVJ3O
• Brand: Post-it
• Size: 5 Pads
• Manufacturer: 3M Office Products

Fodor's Montreal and Quebec City (Full-color Travel Guide)

Written by local experts, Fodor's travel guides have been offering advice and professionally vetted recommendations for all tastes and budgets for 80 years.Montréal and Québec City are treasured destinations for American travelers: a corner of France in North America. This guide, with rich color photographs throughout, captures the French-speaking cities' universal appeal, from sidewalk cafés and Jewish delis to winter sports and traditional French cuisine. This travel guide includes:•PULLOUT MAP: A handy take-along map provides added value, giving travelers essential information so they ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 164097024X
• ASIN: 164097024X
• ISBN: 164097024X
• Manufacturer: Fodor's Travel

The Christmas Shoes

• ASIN: B000GYIPPW
• UPC: 018713518064
• ASIN: B000GYIPPW
• Brand: Vivendi Entertainment
• Manufacturer: Gaiam - Entertainment

Star Wars Child's Deluxe Princess Leia Costume, Small

This Deluxe Princess Leia Costume is an officially licensed authentic Star Wars Costume. This Deluxe Star Wars Princess Leia Costume includes Princess Leia costume wig with side buns, white long-sleeved Princess Leia Costume dress, and printed belt.

• ASIN: B000P57D50
• UPC: 735000138780
• ASIN: B000P57D50
• Brand: Rubie's
• Size: Small
• Manufacturer: Rubies

Hamilton Park: A Planned Black Community in Dallas (Creating the North American Landscape)

World War II brought staggering changes to Dallas, Texas, as the city became a banking, commercial, and transportation center. The growing population strained available housing and put particular pressure on already overcrowded African-American neighborhoods. In Hamilton Park,William Wilson brings to light the stirring history of how both black and white citizens of Dallas worked together to create a thriving African-American planned community. Through interviews with pioneer residents and development planners coupled with research into the politics and problems they faced, Wilson traces the e... [Read More]

• ASIN: 080185766X
• ASIN: 080185766X
• ISBN: 080185766X
• Brand: Brand: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Manufacturer: Johns Hopkins University Press

Chinese America: The Untold Story of America's Oldest New Community

A portrait of Chinese-American life documents the stories of Chinese pioneers who entered the country from the west coast in the mid-nineteenth century, illuminates the roles of Chinese-American transnationals who have shaped American multiculturalism, and considers the roles of Chinese Americans in immigration, globalization, and foreign policy. 15,000 first printing.

• ASIN: 1565849620
• ASIN: 1565849620
• ISBN: 9781565849624
• Brand: Brand: New Press, The
• Manufacturer: New Press, The

Kingsport, Tennessee: A Planned American City

Kingsport, Tennessee, was the first thoroughly diversified, professionally planned, and privately financed city in twentieth-century America. The advent of this so-called model city, a glittering new industrial jewel in the green mountains, offered area residents an alternative to rural life and staid small-town existence as the new century dawned. Neither an Appalachian hamlet nor a company town, Kingsport developed as a self-proclaimed "All-American City."Produced by the marriage of New South philosophy and Progressivism, born of a passing historical moment when capitalists turned their atte... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0813116244
• ASIN: 0813116244
• ISBN: 0813116244
• Brand: Brand: The University Press of Kentucky
• Manufacturer: University Press of Kentucky

The Planned Destruction of America

"I am here to tell you that the declining American standard of living has been PLANNED from the beginning...at the highest levels of American government -- a plan to fail, a plan to create insecurity and uncertainty, a plan to make the American people serfs in the New World Order!" The PLANNED DESTRUCTION OF AMERICA explains in detail: *Who is responsible for our failing economy *The secret plan behind the massive job elimination that America is now experiencing *Why the supposed "free" press hides the truth from the American public *When the control of our money supply was taken away from our... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0963219057
• ASIN: 0963219057
• ISBN: 0963219057
• Brand: Brand: Longwood Communications
• Manufacturer: Longwood Communications

Acer Chromebook 14, Celeron N3160, 14" Full HD, 4GB LPDDR3, 16GB eMMC, CB3-431-C9W7 Bundle, Silver

From the manufacturer Absolutely Stunning. 100% Metal. The Acer Chromebook 14 is a powerful rock star with its stylish metal chassis and immersive Full HD IPS display that delivers an epic mobile experience that’s unrivaled by other Chromebooks on the big stage. The incredibly fast wireless connection and amazing battery life give you all day to run your favorite Google apps or access your photos, videos, music and documents. The fast and smart Chromebook 14 delivers amazing value that’s worthy of endless encores. Features Stylish Design & 100% Metal The 100% aluminum chassis with symmetri... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07JYFHWGX
• UPC: 191114975725
• ASIN: B07JYFHWGX
• Brand: Acer
• Size: 14-14.99 inches
• Manufacturer: Acer

Evicted : Poverty and Profit in the American City

"Even in the most desolate areas of American cities, evictions used to be rare. But today, most poor renting families are spending more than half of their income on housing, and eviction has become ordinary,

• UPC: 55391271
• Rating: 4.687

London Is the Best City in America - eBook

The first novel from the acclaimed author of Eight Hundred Grapes and Hello SunshineEmmy Everett is reluctantly heading home to New York for her brother Josh’s wedding. She has spent the last three years in a fishing town

• UPC: 306749126
• Rating: 4.0

The Best of Second City - Audiobook

Take an unforgettable ride with the classic sketches that helped make the Second City America's foremost comedy troupe. The Second City lampoons every aspect of modern American life, with improvised sketches on subjects ranging from

• UPC: 946708437
• Rating: 1.0

America's Best Food Cities - eBook

Where are the best meals in the United States? For Tom Sietsema, The Washington Post’s food critic, the answer is more than a test. It’s a quest—one that can end in your own kitchen. Follow

• UPC: 815014147

Seattle: Daily Planner 100 page 6 x 9 Proud of your American City skylines, 4th of July, patriotic US flag cool stuff to jot do

Seattle: Daily Planner 100 page 6 x 9 Proud of your American City skylines, 4th of July, patriotic US flag cool stuff to jot

• UPC: 136111114

Chicago: Daily Planner 100 page 6 x 9 Proud of your American City skylines, 4th of July, patriotic US flag cool stuff to jot do

Chicago: Daily Planner 100 page 6 x 9 Proud of your American City skylines, 4th of July, patriotic US flag cool stuff to jot

• UPC: 713667212

Phoenix: Daily Planner 100 page 6 x 9 Proud of your American City skylines, 4th of July, patriotic US flag cool stuff to jot do

Phoenix: Daily Planner 100 page 6 x 9 Proud of your American City skylines, 4th of July, patriotic US flag cool stuff to jot

• UPC: 673656533

Detroit: Daily Planner 100 page 6 x 9 Proud of your American City skylines, 4th of July, patriotic US flag cool stuff to jot do

Detroit: Daily Planner 100 page 6 x 9 Proud of your American City skylines, 4th of July, patriotic US flag cool stuff to jot

• UPC: 816942851

San Francisco: Daily Planner 100 page 6 x 9 Proud of your American City skylines, 4th of July, patriotic US flag cool stuff to jot do

San Francisco: Daily Planner 100 page 6 x 9 Proud of your American City skylines, 4th of July, patriotic US flag cool stuff to jot

• UPC: 908082442

50 Best Girlfriends Getaways in North America, 2nd Edition : Big City Getaways, Spirit Boosters, Birthday Blowouts, Family Bonding, Adventure Escapes, Friends Reunions, Best Places to Heal, Golf Outings, Retail Therapy

From big city blow-outs and small-town artsy weekends to adventure escapes and pampering retreats, here are great ideas for women-only trips to celebrate milestones, renew old friendships, and bond with daughters and

• UPC: 10834148