Books written by Allan B. Jacobs

  • Great Streets

    Another remarkable feature of this book is a set of 50 one square-mile maps, each reproduced at the same scale, of the street plans of representative cities around the world.

  • Great Streets

    In addition to offering detailed information on street dimensions, plans, sections, and patterns of use, this volume identifies and examines fifteen of the finest streets in the world.

  • The Boulevard Book: History, Evolution, Design of Multiway Boulevards

    This book reintroduces the boulevard, tree-lined and with separate realms for through traffic and for slow-paced vehicular-pedestrian movement, as an important and often crucial feature of both historic and contemporary cities.

  • Making City Planning Work

    Making City Planning Work

  • Looking at Cities

    Allan Jacobs has written a city planning book for everyone with a passion for urban environments.