City Signs and Lights.
Boston: Boston Redevelopment Authority, 1971. First edition. Original Wraps, decorated endpapers. Quarto, pp. 272, illustrated in b/w & color, bibliography. Impressive policy study by Signs/Works/Boston, a project of Ashley/Meyer/Smith, Architects and Planners. Very Good. Item #2117
Uncommon Boston study is a first attempt to develop guidelines to replace the arbitrary, chaotic methods from earlier. Seminal work. From the professional library of Dr. David Parry, British educated architect who came to the United States to work for/with Buckminster Fuller. He finished MA and PhD degrees at the Harvard School of Design, before working in New York and Mass. in Urban Planning.
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