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mimi_t22's review against another edition
4.0
after taking almost 8/9 months to read it, im very glad i did. definetely a must for people in the city business.
great ideas, that while it may seem repetitive and not very innovative NOW, they really truly changed things.
loved the part about the fact that we need to experience cities faster than we used to and that the designer must respond to that.
great ideas, that while it may seem repetitive and not very innovative NOW, they really truly changed things.
loved the part about the fact that we need to experience cities faster than we used to and that the designer must respond to that.
kahell's review against another edition
3.0
In highschool my friends labeled me a "geographical idiot" because I had a tendency to get lost whenever I try to find my own way around the city. I reasoned that I didn't go out much as a kid so naturally I hadn't mastered public transportation. Then I started getting better (thank you, Google Maps) but I still found it hard to make a mental map of places I've been to numerous times. It wasn't until later on that I realized that, although I may be in the lower average on the scale of wayfinding talent, it's not entirely my fault.
Metro Manila is a patchwork at best, a product of implementing a new urban development framework every six years (as a new president gets elected). Private housing intersects business areas intersects public roads intersects other private edifices, and the resulting hodgepodge makes it hard for the average city dweller to find their way around without the aid of external tools or a well-traveled neighbor offering commuting advice.
I knew this, in an abstract way, before I read this book, but Lynch's terminologies helped me articulate that better. This book was written before urban planning was even a proper field and you can see how his concepts have influenced what came thereafter.
A further summary with a brief review: https://kahell.notion.site/The-Image-of-the-City-ded7b485039f459f996844bef87f8084
Metro Manila is a patchwork at best, a product of implementing a new urban development framework every six years (as a new president gets elected). Private housing intersects business areas intersects public roads intersects other private edifices, and the resulting hodgepodge makes it hard for the average city dweller to find their way around without the aid of external tools or a well-traveled neighbor offering commuting advice.
I knew this, in an abstract way, before I read this book, but Lynch's terminologies helped me articulate that better. This book was written before urban planning was even a proper field and you can see how his concepts have influenced what came thereafter.
A further summary with a brief review: https://kahell.notion.site/The-Image-of-the-City-ded7b485039f459f996844bef87f8084
pilesandpiles's review against another edition
4.0
This book has its limitations (most significantly, its privileging of physical form in how people make sense of cities), but Lynch is speculative rather than deterministically prescriptive about how his ideas might translate into urban design. It's a pleasure to read, though I associate it with a certain pointless mapping exercise from my urban studies undergrad years.
jeffs's review against another edition
4.0
Interesting research study and methodology concludes that strong visual form not only makes a city more livable but also improves quality of life. Suck it, Jersey City.
stevebargdill's review against another edition
3.0
Lynch's book, Image of the City, was definitely outdated for the 21st Century; however, the book demonstrated the late 1950s and early 1960s hope of urban planners to turn the city into something other, something rural.
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