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Book Review of “Arcology: The City in the Image of Man,” 1969.

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 1

Scope and Contents

From the Sub-Series:

Book Review of “Arcology: The City in the Image of Man.” by Paolo Soleri Pp.122. American Journal of Sociology. Galen Cranz (3 pages), 1969.

“Teaching Technique: Ethnography and Formal Sociological Theory Contrasted.” Galen Cranz. Undated.

“Urban Parks as a Mechanism of Social Control,” Galen Cranz. Undated.

“Conference Project: Radical Beauty.” New Faculty News: The Church Society for College Work, Vol. 2, no. 3. Galen, Cranz (pp. 3-4). December 1972 - January, 1973.

“Sociological Research For Urban Planning: Methodological and Conceptual Problems in a Spanish New Town for Leisure.” School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Princeton University. Galen Cranz. 1973.

“Using Parsonian Structural-Functionalism for Environmental Design.” Basic Questions of Design Theory William R. Spillers, Ed. Galen Cranz (pp. 475-484). 1974.

“The Impact of High-Rise Housing on Older Residents.” School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Princeton University. Galen Cranz and Thomas L. Schumacher. 1975. Human Response to Tall Buildings, Donald J. Conway, Ed. Galen Cranz and Thomas L. Schumacher (pp. 194-207). 1977.

“Open Space for Housing for the Elderly.” School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Princeton University. Galen Cranz. 1975.

Book Review of “Responding to “Social Change” by Basil Honikman.” Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews. Galen Cranz (pp. 235-236). 1975.

“More on the house.” Views. Review of “The house as a relevant object” by Galen Cranz. September, 1976.

“A Social Service Intervention Demonstration Project: A Proposal for the Community Bath Facility in San Francisco Public Housing for the Elderly.” Galen Cranz and Dorsh DeVoe. 1976-1979.

“Proposal for a New Social Service in Public Housing for Older People.” Galen Cranz. 1976-1979.

“A User-Oriented Evaluation of San Francisco’s Public Housing for the Elderly.” Abstract and advertisement for upcoming book release. Galen Cranz. August, 1977.

“A Critical Review of the Concept of Social Control.” Drafts for publication. Galen Cranz. 1977-1979.

“Photography in Chinese Popular Culture.” Exposure: The Journal of the Society for Photographic Education, 16:4, Charles Desmarais, Ed. Galen Cranz (pp. 24-29). Winter 1978.

“Changing Roles of Urban Parks: From Pleasure Garden to Open Space.” Landscape, Vol. 22, no. 3, Blair Boyd, Ed. Galen Cranz (pp. 9-18). Summer 1978.

“For Whom the Booth Tolls.” Concrete, Vol. 5, no. 3. Contribution by Galen Cranz (pp. 1). February 20, 1979.

“The Useful and Beautiful: Urban Parks in China.” Landscape, Vol. 23, no. 2, Blair Boyd, Ed. Galen Cranz (pp. 3-10). 1979.

“Double Talk: Redundancy as a Way of Conceptualizing the Relationship Between Humans and Their Environment”. Galen Cranz. 1979.

“Women in Urban Parks.” Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, vol. 5, no. 3, The University of Chicago. Galen Cranz (pp. S79-S95). April 1980 & Drafts leading to publication and re-publications. Galen Cranz. June 15, 1979 - 1980.

“The Curious Chinese.” Archetype, Vol. 1, no. 4, Mark Mack, Ed. Galen Cranz (pp. 13-15). Winter 1980.

“Threats to Moral and Physical Safety: Crime, Vandalism, Litter, Traffic Control, Moral Deviance, Juvenile Delinquency.” Galen Cranz. Contents: Drafts and notes for chapter nine of Cranz’s book “The Politics of Park Design”, not to be included in the book, but later turned into a separate paper under the title “Crime in Heaven: An Historical Perspective on Crime and Delinquency in Urban Parks.” 1981.

Draft: “Crime in Heaven: An Historical Perspective on Crime and Delinquency in Urban Parks.” Galen Cranz. February 2, 1981.

“Crime in Heaven: An Historical Perspective on Crime and Delinquency in Urban Parks.” Galen Cranz. February 2, 1981.

“San Francisco's Park Policy in the Nineteenth Century: Goals Versus Outcomes.” Institute of Urban & Regional Development, University of California, Berkeley. Donna Dumont, Galen Cranz, Mary Dumont. February, 1981.

“Public Housing for the Elderly: Notes from a Study of Eight Housing Projects in New Jersey.” Galen Cranz. May 19, 1981.

“Colore per Immaginarsi Una Casa.” Abitare, n. 286. Galen Cranz (pp. 60-61). May, 1981.

“The Sharon Building: The Transformation of Women's Recreational Needs in the Late Nineteenth Century City.” Heresies II, Vol. 3, no. 3, Barbara Marks, et. all, Eds. Galen Cranz (pp. 77-79) & personal draft copy. 1981.

“The Picture Postcard: Its Development and Role in American Urbanization.” Journal of American Culture, Vol. 5, no. 1. Steven Dotterer and Galen Cranz. Spring 1982.

“The Politics of Park Design: A History of Urban Parks in America.” Galen Cranz. 1982.

Book Review of “Buildings and Society: Essays on the Social Development of the Built Environment” by Anthony D King. Contemporary Sociology, Vol. 12, no. 2. Galen Cranz (pp.248). March, 1983. Galen Cranz received a merit for this later in 1985.

“Objectifying Patriarchy: The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez.” Places: A Quarterly Journal Of Environmental Design, Vol. 1, no. 3, Donlyn Lyndon and William L. Porter, Eds. Galen Cranz (pp. 38). 1984.

“Open Space is Not Always Green.” Galen Cranz. For inclusion in the proposed book “Green Areas and Urban Environment Quality” by Emanuela Belfiore. Contents: Cranz’s paper, correspondence, pamphlet, and notes. 19 July, 1985 - 26 February, 1986.

“The Cultural Park.” Intro to the MacArthur Park Book by Al. Nodal. Galen Cranz. July 25, 1988.

Records: MacArthur Park Official Documents. 1984-1988.

Records: MacArthur Park Publications. June 22, 1986 - February 4, 1989.

Drafts: “What the MacArthur Park Project tells us about our own time,” and notes. Galen Cranz. 1988.

“What the MacArthur Park Project tells us about our own time.” HOW the Arts Make a Difference, Adolfo V. Nodal. Galen Cranz (pp. 9-24). 1989.

“Speech monument goes public.” The Daily Californian. Galen Cranz (pp. 4). February 1, 1990.

“A New Look at the Person in Person-Environment Relations: Theoretical Assumptions about the Body.” The Person-Environment Theory Series, the Center of Environmental Design Research. Galen Cranz. 1990-2010.

“The Reform Park in the United States (1900-1930).” The Architecture of Western Gardens: A Design History from the Renaissance to the Present Day, Monique Mosser and Georges Teyssot, Eds. Galen Cranz (pp. 466-468). 1991.

“Four Models of Municipal Park Design in the United States.” Denatured Visions: Landscape and Culture in the Twentieth Century, Stuart Wrede and William Howard Adams, Eds. Galen Cranz (pp. 118-123). 1991.

“How Principles of Sustainable Development Can and Must Shape Our Cities and Parks.” Center for Environmental Design Research, University of California, Berkeley. Galen Cranz. 1992-1994.

“The Chair is Where the Body Meets the Environment.” Curiosity Recaptured: Exploring Ways We Think and Move, Jerry Sontag, Ed. Galen Cranz (pp. 3-19). 1996.

“Community and Complexity on Campus: A Post-Occupancy Evaluation of the University of California, Haas School of Business.” Places, A Forum of Environmental Design, Vol. 11, no. 1, Donlyn Lyndon, Ed. Galen Cranz, Amy Taylor and Anne-Marie Broudehoux, (pp. 38-51). Winter 1997.

“Managing Design Innovation: A Longitudinal Study of Attitudes toward the Norwegian Balance Chair.” EDRA 28, Maurice S. Amiel and Jacqueline Vischer, Eds. Galen Cranz (pp. 96-100). 1997.

“Parks.” Encyclopedia of Urban America: The Cities and Suburbs, Vol. 2, Neil Larry Shumsky, Ed.. Galen Cranz (pp. 554-556). June, 1998.

“When is a Park More Than a Park?” Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest: Urban Parks Institute, Vol. 3, no. 2, Andy Schwartz, Ed. Galen Cranz (pp. 6-7). Spring 1999.

“The Ecological Park as an Emerging Type.” Galen Cranz and Michael Boland. Research document and paper drafts. Led to a later 2004 version, see "Defining the Sustainable Park: A Fifth Model for Urban Parks." May 25, 2001 - April 23, 2003.

“Eyebody: The Art of Integrating Eye, Brain and Body.” Peter Grunwald. Galen Cranz wrote the foreword (pp. 8-11). May 31, 2004.

"A New Way of Thinking about Taste." The Nature of Craft and the Penland Experience, Jean W. McLaughlin, Ed. Galen Cranz (pp. 130-136). 2004.

"Defining the Sustainable Park: A Fifth Model for Urban Parks." Landscape Journal, Vol. 23, no. 2, M. Elen Deming and James F. Palmer, Ed. Galen Cranz and Michael Boland, (pp. 102-120). Fall 2004.

“Reinterpreting the Windsor Chair.” Furniture Studio: Annual journal of the Furniture Society, 3, John Kelsey, Ed. Galen Cranz (pp. 86-91). 2005

“The Role of Design in Inhibiting or Promoting Use of Common Open Space: The Case of Redwood Gardens, Berkeley, CA.” Journal of Housing for the Elderly, Vol. 19, Benyamin Schwarz, Ed. Galen Cranz and Charlene Young (pp. 71-93). 2005.

“Developing an Evidence-Based Design Model that Measures Human Response: A Pilot Study of a Collaborative, Trans-Disciplinary Model in a Healthcare Setting.” AIA College of Fellows 2005 Latrobe Fellowship. Galen Cranz worked with a team of eight to develop this report. May 1, 2008.

Book Review of “Large Parks” edited by Julia Czerniak and George Hargreaves. Siteline: A Journal of Place, Vol. III, no. II, Elizabeth Barlow Rogers, Ed. Galen Cranz (pp. 15-16). Spring 2008.

“Si’ege Social?” Madame Figaro. Galen Cranz (pp. 22). 22 April, 2011.

“Body Conscious Design.” La Vie, no. 101. Hsin-Hsien Chiu and Galen Cranz (pp. 150-161). September, 2011.

“How Post-Occupancy Evaluation Research Affected Design and Policy at the San Francisco Public Library.” Journal of Architectural and Planning Research, 30:1, Andrew D. Seidel, et. all, Eds. Galen Cranz (pp. 77-90). Spring 2013.

“Sitting, still: How do we solve a problem like the chair?” Architecture Boston, Vol.17, no. 3, Renee Loth, Ed. Galen Cranz (pp. 36-39). Fall 2014.

“Teaching Through Doing: Post-Occupancy Evaluation of Berkeley’s David Brower Center.” Journal of Architectural and Planning Research, 33:1. Galen Cranz, Georgia Lindsay, and Lusi Morhayim (pp. 1-17). Spring 2016.

Dates

  • Creation: 1961 - 2017

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

The majority of materials are in English, while a very small percentage are in Russian, Italian, and French.

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research. However, materials from boxes 12 through 17 are unavailable for research while undergoing rehousing.

Full Extent

From the Collection: 13.35 Cubic Feet (Eight large filing boxes (boxes # 1-4, 7-10), three letter filing boxes (boxes # 5-6, 11), and six card filing boxes (boxes # 12-17).)

Bibliography

Book Review of “Arcology: The City in the Image of Man.” by Paolo Soleri Pp.122. American Journal of Sociology. Galen Cranz (3 pages), 1969.

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech Repository

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