Urban to Rural Transect, Taos, Geoff Dyer. About 2005. Courtesy of Town of Taos and Placemakers.

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. A History for the Future
Part I: History
2. Center Place, Plaza, Square: Three Traditions of Place Making - - Chris Wilson
3. Keeping the Plaza Tradition Alive in Twentieth Century New Mexico - - Mark Childs
Part II: Cultural Narratives
4. Bupingeh: The Middle Heart Place - - Rina Swentzell
5. Hispanic Plazas: A Perspective from a ChimayĆ³ Expatriate - - Don Usner
6. What Tunnels under Taos Plaza? - - Sylvia Rodriguez
Part III: Place Making
7. The Lessons of the Plazas of New Mexico - - Stefanos Polyzoids
8. Return to Common Ground: Revitalized and New Plazas in New Mexico - - Chris Calott and Meghab Bayer
Part IV: Communities Case Studies- edited by Naomi Sachs and Chris Wilson
Acoma Pueblo
Albuquerque
El Cerrito
Chimayo
La Loma
La Union
Las Trampas
Las Vegas
Lovington
Mesilla
Monticello
Portales
Ranchos de Taos
Roy
San Jose
Santa Cruz
Sante Fe
Santa Rosa
Socorro
Taos Pueblo
Town of Taos
Tesuque Pueblo
Appendix: Figure / Ground Thumbnail Plans of Plaza Communities - Stefanos Polyzoides, Lucia Sanjuan and Chris Wilson
Notes
Acknowledgments
Image Credits
Select Bibliography
Captions
Index