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field, and anticipate how the profession must adapt in order to confront the challenges posed by the underprecedented rate of urbanization. This book also contains an extensive bibliography. Lowe, Jeanne R. Cities in a Race With Time; progress and poverty in America’s renewing cities. New York: Random House, 1967. Print. This book is a journey to the understanding of how American cities develop, and what happens in them today. Using several case studies, the analyses of each arrive to a conclusion that pinpoints strengths and weaknesses in the built environments. This book contains an extensive bibliography. Lynch, Kevin. The Image of the City. Cambridge [Mass.: Technology Press, 1960. Print. This book is a great analysis of how cities are formed. It lists strategic ways to createsuccessful urban environment for people rather than for the automobile. It is a direct architectural conclusion to how people move and through the built environment. Murtagh, William J.. Keeping Time. Pittstown, NJ: Main street press., 1993. Print. The primary purpose of this book is to discuss the subject of historic preservation, the various forms it takes and something about its background. This is done to understand what it is and how it has evolved. This book has an extensive bibliography. Reference Works: “48216 Zip Code (Detroit, Michigan) Profile - homes, apartments, schools, population, income, averages, housing, demographics, location, statistics, sex offenders, residents and real estate info.” Stats about all US cities - real estate, relocation info, house prices, home value estimator, recent sales, cost of living, crime, race, income, photos, education, maps, weather, houses, schools, neighborhoods, and more. Onboard Informatics, n.d. Web. 22 Nov. 2010. <http://www.city-data. com/zips/48216.html>. This is a reliable site used to obtain information on the demographics of communities by their zip code. It contains information regarding race, education, income and much more information about the community surrounding the Michigan Central Depot. Allen, Edward, and Joseph Iano. The Architect’s Studio Companion: Rules of Thumb for Preliminary Design. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2007. Print. Labor saving design resource containing industry standard tool for the preliminary

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