Tear it down now

• Published in: The Appraisal journal Vol. 85; no. 2; p. 158
• Main Author: Bowes, E. Nelson
• Format: Journal Article Book Review
• Language: English
• Published: Chicago The Appraisal Institute 22.03.2017; Appraisal Institute
• Subjects: Architects; Architectural history; Architecture; Buildings; Design; E-books; Housing; Public housing; Sustainability; New York; United States > US

The author of Obsolescence, David M. Abramson, is an associate professor of art history and director of architectural studies at Tufts University. "What middle-class evaluators quantified as obsolete-crowded, noisy tenements and roads, mixed with stores and taverns, children playing in the stre...