Reviews for Philip Trager

The average rating for Philip Trager based on 2 reviews is 2.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2007-08-09 00:00:00 James Santini used a lot for my GDP proposal notes: Forward, second page: "Too often we mask our true selves; we don our professional trappings and make choices without regards for the cost to the community, or to our own soul. We toe the party line, we do what's easy, or what's been done before, or we do what will increase our individual welfare. We seldom think of what is possible, what could help people create lives of abundance, lives of access and opportunity, that replenish and restore nature rather than degrade it. We seldom think of how we are all impoverished if we don't correct infrastructure deficits, if we don't foster an ethic of personal, governmental, and corporate responsibility and service to others, if we don't provide opportunitites rather than burdens for future generations. Too often we remain silent, our true selves hidden away. Nowhere is this sad drama more evident than in our cities (Abbott and Holland, 2008). Is it any wonder then, that so many of our cities are breeding grounds for despair and disillusionment?" p. 206, end of abstract and 1st parag of intro p. 208, 5th para, "Although... p. 210, LA historical precedents p. 211, Fraser p. 224, "Restoration work enlists all the senses; we are embodied in landscape as we apply our whole bodies and minds to the work of physical repair p. 227 p. 288, Artful Rainwater Design; restore natural hydro function p. 289, streets: physical; criteria: mobility, safety, aesthetics, commercial interaction, stormwater Lynch! Brown et al-"easiest approach to achieve legibility is to expose process." legibility-"signifying features" fig 13.12 design these myself, paving patterns -releave pressure on infrastructure, traffic calming, "As part of city fabric..." Robert Murase, William Wenk, H. Dreiseitl = p. 300 this section!!! p. 301. "...attractive and functional..." -ecoliteracy/eco-understanding (this can help people to learn about Canada) "adding legibility....in which we live" p. 303 "enhance local to regional identity" "...response to the natural environmental ...statie..." -what i want to respond to and do opposite

Review # 2 was written on 2020-07-19 00:00:00 Dallas Bishop Last week I drove past a construction site (four or five houses-to-be). The earth was excavated excessively!! I am looking for ways to plug in to site development / repair -- I'm a NW transplant to Vermont. This book has much promise!