First printing of this cautionary 1974 regional reconnaissance and planning report prepared by Kevin Lynch and Donald Appleyard via a grant from San Diego’s Marston family. Published by the Planning Department, City of San Diego. Per a later article by Bruce Appleyard and Michael Stepner, “Temporary Paradise provides a unique comprehensive regional vision, unconstrained by jurisdictional boundaries and disciplinary silos, revealing how everything is connected through a comprehensive environmental quality and urban design lens and touching on everything from transportation and housing to cross-border collaboration. According to the publisher, “It is for discussion purposes only and does not necessarily reflect adopted city plans or policies.” Kevin Lynch (1918-1984) was a renowned American urban planner, author, and professor at MIT from 1948-1978. A student of Frank Lloyd Wright and a graduate of MIT, he is known for his early contributions to the field of cultural geography and for his influential 1960 book The Image of the City, co-writeen with his MIT colleague Gyorgy Kepes. Donald Appleyard (1928-1982) was a British-American urban designer and theorist who studied and taught at MIT and then taught at U Cal Berkeley. His 1981 book Livable Streets was described as “the most thorough and detailed work on urban streets to date.” Temporary Paradise? was intended as an interactive guide for the sustainable growth and conservation of the rapidly developing San Diego region, providing local planners and engaged citizens with conceptual and practical tools to understand “how urban environments affect children, and how to harness human perception of the physical form of cities and regions as the basis for good urban design.” Folio (11” x 14”), unbound with printed wrappers and 50 tabloid-folded pages on 15 leaves.. B/w photos and sketches throughout. Text by Lynch and Appleyard; sketches by Appleyard and Roger Kavana. The rear cover serves as a mailer with space for reader comments and counter-sketches. A highly ephemeral yet significant document of conservationist 1970’s landscape and environmental design praxis with an abiding message. Light bumping and chipping to corners of leaves. Edge-chipped wrappers split at unbound spine, with toning to edges. Moderate soiling and damp staining to front cover, with p.o. writing to upper perimeter. Mild rubbing and damp staining to rear cover.
First printing of this cautionary 1974 regional reconnaissance and planning report prepared by Kevin Lynch and Donald Appleyard via a grant from San Diego’s Marston family. Published by the Planning Department, City of San Diego. Per a later article by Bruce Appleyard and Michael Stepner, “Temporary Paradise provides a unique comprehensive regional vision, unconstrained by jurisdictional boundaries and disciplinary silos, revealing how everything is connected through a comprehensive environmental quality and urban design lens and touching on everything from transportation and housing to cross-border collaboration. According to the publisher, “It is for discussion purposes only and does not necessarily reflect adopted city plans or policies.” Kevin Lynch (1918-1984) was a renowned American urban planner, author, and professor at MIT from 1948-1978. A student of Frank Lloyd Wright and a graduate of MIT, he is known for his early contributions to the field of cultural geography and for his influential 1960 book The Image of the City, co-writeen with his MIT colleague Gyorgy Kepes. Donald Appleyard (1928-1982) was a British-American urban designer and theorist who studied and taught at MIT and then taught at U Cal Berkeley. His 1981 book Livable Streets was described as “the most thorough and detailed work on urban streets to date.” Temporary Paradise? was intended as an interactive guide for the sustainable growth and conservation of the rapidly developing San Diego region, providing local planners and engaged citizens with conceptual and practical tools to understand “how urban environments affect children, and how to harness human perception of the physical form of cities and regions as the basis for good urban design.” Folio (11” x 14”), unbound with printed wrappers and 50 tabloid-folded pages on 15 leaves.. B/w photos and sketches throughout. Text by Lynch and Appleyard; sketches by Appleyard and Roger Kavana. The rear cover serves as a mailer with space for reader comments and counter-sketches. A highly ephemeral yet significant document of conservationist 1970’s landscape and environmental design praxis with an abiding message. Light bumping and chipping to corners of leaves. Edge-chipped wrappers split at unbound spine, with toning to edges. Moderate soiling and damp staining to front cover, with p.o. writing to upper perimeter. Mild rubbing and damp staining to rear cover.
