TY - BOOK AU - Fain, William H. Jr. TI - If cars could talk : : essays on urbanism SN - 9781890449582 AV - HT 165.5 .F35 2012 PY - 2012/// CY - Glendale, California, PB - Balcony Press, KW - CITY PLANNING KW - URBANIZATION N1 - Includes index; Preface -- Introduction -- Good life city -- Enough is enough -- Understanding bigness -- Illumination -- Urban infrastructure -- Crash -- Time-form -- Trash -- Knowledge city -- Creative island -- Appendix : figure ground exhibits N2 - Examines urban environments, how they are born, change, and die, and offers fresh approaches to unlocking our cities' great potential ER -