Historic Preservation and the Livable City

For both the preservation professional and urban planner, this book shows how preservation is a key to the creation of livable cities. The author Eric Allison, the founder and coordinated of the graduate historic preservation program at Pratt Institute in New York City, offers tools and case studies that preservationists and planners can learn from in implementing preservation projects or plans in cities large and small.  This book is a must read for anyone working in or interested in these fields and the creation and maintenance of livable cities.