Elizabeth Macdonald, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Urban Design in the Departments of City and Regional Planning and Landscape Architecture/Environmental Planning at the University of California, Berkeley. She is author of Pleasure Drives and Promenades: A History of Frederick Law Olmsted’s Brooklyn Parkways (2012), co-author of The Boulevard Book: History, Evolution, Design of Multiway Boulevards (2002), and co-editor of The Urban Design Reader (2013).

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• AcknowledgementsIntroduction Part 1 An Assembly of Waterfront PromenadesChapter 1 Vancouver’s Waterfront Promenade NetworkChapter 2 Classic Grand PromenadesChapter 3 Beachfront Boardwalks and PromenadesChapter 4 Riverfront Promenade LoopsChapter 5 Park Promenades Along Former Industrial WaterfrontsChapter 6 Promenades in the Shadow of FreewaysChapter 7 Spectacle PromenadesChapter 8 Eco-District PromenadesChapter 9 Suburban New Town PromenadesChapter 10 Promontory PromenadesChapter 11 Classic Bridge Promenades Chapter 12 Incrementally Built Central Area PromenadesPart 2 Patterns of Connectivity and AccessPart 3 Designing Waterfront PromenadesChapter 13 Designing for People and PlaceChapter 14 Meeting the Challenge of Rising WaterChapter 15 ReflectionsAppendix: People Volumes on Selected PromenadesIndex

Elizabeth Macdonald, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Urban Design in the Departments of City and Regional Planning and Landscape Architecture/Environmental Planning at the University of California, Berkeley. She is author of Pleasure Drives and Promenades: A History of Frederick Law Olmsted’s Brooklyn Parkways (2012), co-author of The Boulevard Book: History, Evolution, Design of Multiway Boulevards (2002), and co-editor of The Urban Design Reader (2013).

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• AcknowledgementsIntroduction Part 1 An Assembly of Waterfront PromenadesChapter 1 Vancouver’s Waterfront Promenade NetworkChapter 2 Classic Grand PromenadesChapter 3 Beachfront Boardwalks and PromenadesChapter 4 Riverfront Promenade LoopsChapter 5 Park Promenades Along Former Industrial WaterfrontsChapter 6 Promenades in the Shadow of FreewaysChapter 7 Spectacle PromenadesChapter 8 Eco-District PromenadesChapter 9 Suburban New Town PromenadesChapter 10 Promontory PromenadesChapter 11 Classic Bridge Promenades Chapter 12 Incrementally Built Central Area PromenadesPart 2 Patterns of Connectivity and AccessPart 3 Designing Waterfront PromenadesChapter 13 Designing for People and PlaceChapter 14 Meeting the Challenge of Rising WaterChapter 15 ReflectionsAppendix: People Volumes on Selected PromenadesIndex

Elizabeth Macdonald, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Urban Design in the Departments of City and Regional Planning and Landscape Architecture/Environmental Planning at the University of California, Berkeley. She is author of Pleasure Drives and Promenades: A History of Frederick Law Olmsted’s Brooklyn Parkways (2012), co-author of The Boulevard Book: History, Evolution, Design of Multiway Boulevards (2002), and co-editor of The Urban Design Reader (2013).

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• AcknowledgementsIntroduction Part 1 An Assembly of Waterfront PromenadesChapter 1 Vancouver’s Waterfront Promenade NetworkChapter 2 Classic Grand PromenadesChapter 3 Beachfront Boardwalks and PromenadesChapter 4 Riverfront Promenade LoopsChapter 5 Park Promenades Along Former Industrial WaterfrontsChapter 6 Promenades in the Shadow of FreewaysChapter 7 Spectacle PromenadesChapter 8 Eco-District PromenadesChapter 9 Suburban New Town PromenadesChapter 10 Promontory PromenadesChapter 11 Classic Bridge Promenades Chapter 12 Incrementally Built Central Area PromenadesPart 2 Patterns of Connectivity and AccessPart 3 Designing Waterfront PromenadesChapter 13 Designing for People and PlaceChapter 14 Meeting the Challenge of Rising WaterChapter 15 ReflectionsAppendix: People Volumes on Selected PromenadesIndex