"The next years should be full ones for Hartford, full of ideas and hope." So says author Joel Lang as he guides us through the historical Greater Hartford areas, aided by a panoramic sampler of colorful images captured by the area's finest photographers. 
In a series of concise essays, Lang shares his insights about the character of the region, as well as his outlook for its future. He manages to get behind the stereotypes of the "Insurance Capital of the World" to reveal a community with a strong Puritan heritage and a fierce independence. 
The unifying Hartford character has been ascribed to the Puritan influence, the Yankee work ethic, the prudence of the insurance industry, and perhaps the creative tension among the distinctive towns and villages that make up the Greater Hartford region. 
Yet, through the years, the "Land of Steady Habits" has steadily adapted to waves of new immigrants, adding strength through cultural diversity to its rich tradition. 
Indeed, Greater Hartford Horizons comprises a biography of time and place, in which its people, architecture, surroundings, history, business, and leisure pursuits are thoughtfully examined and beautifully presented.

Hartford: Horizons (Urban Tapestry Series)

Arts & Photography

Lang, Joel

Photography & Video

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Cincinnati: City of Charm : A Love Story

Clooney, Nick

San Diego Tapestry (Urban Tapestry Series)

GRANT, MICHAEL

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Gould, Scott

Columbia: Cornerstone of the Carolinas (Urban Tapestry Series) This City created more than 2 centuries ago has survived the devastation of the Civil War and the Vagaries of economic development to become not merely a premier City in South Carolina, but one of the major Urban centers in the Southeast.

Columbia: Cornerstone of the Carolinas (Urban Tapestry Series)

McDonald, Bill

Memphis Visions sees Memphis as it has never been seen before. From the gates of Graceland to the Beale Street blues and on to the city's river heritage, Memphis Visions brings Memphis to life. It's new visions and fresh images. A reflection of a new city. It's a fine portfolio of some of the city's finest photographers, and a beautiful collection of images that mean Memphis. From neighbors and neighborhoods to famous faces and places, Memphis Visions will serve as a treasured collector's book for years to come.

Memphis: New Visions, New Horizons

Dawson, David B.

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Savannah: Crown of the Colonial Coast (Urban Tapestry)

Stramm, Polly Powers

Nesbit, Martha Giddens

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Fresno: California's Heartland (Urban Tapestry Series)

Torres, Robert

Setencich, Eli

Dust jacket notes: "'Sioux Falls was founded during a heady time of land speculation and western expansion when nothing seemed impossible,' says Terry Woster, who has been reporting on the state of South Dakota for 25 years. In the Spirit of Sioux Falls, Woster shares his observations about and love for the Great Plains city, which Money magazine in 1992 declared the 'best place in the nation to live.' With the aid of more than 160 colorful images by the area's finest photographers, Woster guides us from the city's 'first days as a bend-in-the-river tent town to its head-first dive into the 21st century.' We learn of the timeless attraction of the prehistoric Indians and the homesteaders of the 1800s to the Big Sioux's rushing waterfalls. And we examine the city's power today to draw new residents at the rate of about 600 people - a city the size of Sioux Falls in 1873 - every three months. Woster's recollections of Sioux Falls include touching accounts of a prairie kid's fascination with the big city and a reporter's affection for the place where he started his career and family. The noisy stockyards and John Morrell &amp; Co. are enduring memories for this farm boy from west of the Missouri River. The agricultural heritage is still a strong force in Sioux Falls today, but Woster also pays tribute to the aggressive economic development that has kept the city at the forefront of the area's business and industrial growth through the last decades of the 20th century...."

The Spirit of Sioux Falls (Urban Tapestry Series)

Woster, Terry

Thurman, Stephen

Thurman, Catherine

Jacksonville: Crown of the First Coast (Urban Tapestry Series)

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