Access the full text.
Sign up today, get DeepDyve free for 14 days.
References for this paper are not available at this time. We will be adding them shortly, thank you for your patience.
Professor Emeritus of Geography, University of Oregon Everett G. Smith Larry Ford's untimely death in September 2009 has silenced America's leading urban geographer. Larry loved cities. He visited and studied them everywhere--throughout North and South America as well as in Europe, Africa, Asia, and Oceania. No person has been in more cities throughout the world than Larry. He examined urban environments directly and up close, the way most of us see real cities, that is, on foot from the street. Urban views from cars, trains, planes, and even bikes soon become blurred and forgettable images of motion. Larry approached the city as a walker. He observed forms, shapes, sizes, and colors of buildings and appreciated their three-dimensional qualities. He looked at the designs of buildings, saw how they fit together, identified what goes on inside, and located with his mental map where they were in the geography of a city. Larry shared what he had seen and experienced--in the classroom, in public presentations, and in print. He made the modern city, especially the American, intelligible to a worldwide audience. I have known Larry since he and his wife Jan arrived in Eugene in the fall of 1967 to
Yearbook of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers – University of Hawai'I Press
Published: Jul 13, 2011
Read and print from thousands of top scholarly journals.
Already have an account? Log in
Bookmark this article. You can see your Bookmarks on your DeepDyve Library.
To save an article, log in first, or sign up for a DeepDyve account if you don’t already have one.
Copy and paste the desired citation format or use the link below to download a file formatted for EndNote
Access the full text.
Sign up today, get DeepDyve free for 14 days.
All DeepDyve websites use cookies to improve your online experience. They were placed on your computer when you launched this website. You can change your cookie settings through your browser.