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A London, England-based architectural historian is authoring a book on revitalized main streets that is expected to feature the Iowa cities of Carroll, Grinnell and Albia.
Martin Treu said his book is expected to be published in 2009 by Johns Hopkins University Press.
Many U.S. cities are being featured in the book, including all three of the Iowa cities that have had substantial projects in their commercial areas in recent years.
Treu also is focusing on Providence, R.I.; Charleston, S.C.; Sarasota, Fla.; and other much larger, well-known cities in the United States for what is expected to be a 450-page book.
Treu said that through his work in Albia and Grinnell he learned about Carroll’s project.
“It’s addressing the image of the town,” Treu said. “That’s rather unique. I’ve seen some guidelines, but I haven’t seen a vision (like Carroll’s).”
A native of Toledo, Ohio, Treu, who now has joint British and U.S. citizenship, lives in London. He earned his undergraduate degree at Stanford University and did graduate work in architecture and design at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.
In the 1990s, Treu said, he developed a love of historic renovation and other city development in the United States. He has more than 10,000 photos of main streets and other architectural points of interest.
“I’ve driven back and forth (the United States) and back and forth and back and forth again,” Treu said.
Treu said he expects the book to have crossover appeal, reaching both professional architects and the general public as Johns Hopkins has a reputation for handling works of that nature.
“They are taken seriously by scholars but at the same time market to the amateur or the person on the street who likes old architecture, design and Americana,” Treu said.
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