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Kathryn Clarke Albright

EXPLORING THE ARCHITECTURE OF PLACE IN AMERICA'S FARMERS MARKETS explores the elusive architectural space of these beloved community-gathering places. From classic market buildings such as Findlay Market in Cincinnati, to open-air pavilions in Durham North Carolina and pop-up canopy markets in Staunton, Virginia, the country currently has over 8,700 seasonal and year-round farmers markets.

Architect, teacher, and founder of the Friends of the Farmers Market, Kathryn Clarke Albright combines historically informed architectural observation with interview material and images drawn from conversations with farmers, vendors, market managers and shoppers.

Using eight scales of interaction and interface, Albright presents in-depth case studies to demonstrate how architectural elements and spatial conditions foster social and economic exchange between vendors, shoppers, and the community at large. Albright looks ahead to an emerging typology—the mobile market—bringing local farmers and healthy foods to underserved neighborhoods.

The impact farmers markets make on their local communities inspires place-making, improves the local economy, and preserves rural livelihoods. Developed organically and distinctively out of the space they occupy, these markets create and revitalize communities as rich as the produce they sell.

National Farmers Market DirectoryThe open access interactive edition is of this book is available thanks to a generous TOME grant from Virginia Tech University.
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Praise for Exploring the Architecture of Place in America's Farmers Markets

“Albright provides local activists and civic leaders with practical, “news you can use” perspectives on how to launch and/or strengthen farmers markets and the measurable economic and community development benefits to those communities.”

—Terry Grundy, DAAP School of Planning, University of Cincinnati

“Compelling, easy to read. Albright offers a unique perspective that will help people become more aware of the value of their local markets as public places.”

—Steve Davies, co-founder of Project for Public Spaces

“This book is a pleasure to read and an excellent guide to the history of farmers markets and their critical role in recapturing a “sense of place” in the cities of America. A forceful byte arm invitation to “come to the market.”

—Jim Tarbell, former Cincinnati city councilman and Vice Mayor of city and county Planning Commission

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    Exploring the Architecture of Place in America’s Farmers Markets

    by Kathryn Clarke Albright
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    05 Jeff Gibbs Narrated View from Findlay Rooftop

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    02 1st Narrated Findlay Exterior Tour

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    03 Jeff Gibbs Interview on Customer Loyalty

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    04 Narrated Findlay Market Interior Tour

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    01 Neil Luken Narration on Findlay Market Community

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    06 Gibbs Family Store in Findlay Market, Since 1922

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    09 2nd Narrated Findlay Exterior Tour

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    10 3rd Narrated Findlay Market Exterior Tour

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    07 Luken Narration of Findlay Market as Community Place for Vendors

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    08 Churchill's Fine Teas Narration: A Shop Outside the Heritage Building

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    RIGHTS This book is freely available in an open-access edition thanks to TOME (Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem)—a collaboration of the Association of American Universities, the Association of University Presses, and the Association of Research Libraries—and the generous support of Emory University and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Learn more at the TOME website, available at openmonographs.org.
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    Exploring the Architecture of Place in America's Farmers Markets
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    978-1-947602-49-6
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    University of Cincinnati Press
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    Cincinnati, OH
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    University of Cincinnati Press
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Exploring the Architecture of Place in America's Farmers Markets

Exploring the Architecture of Place in America’s Farmers Markets

  • Title Page
  • Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction: Meet Me at the Farmers Market
  • Chapter 1: Food with a Face
  • Chapter 2: Heritage Building Markets
    • Eastern Market: Washington, DC
    • Findlay Market: Cincinnati, Ohio
  • Chapter 3: Open-Air Pavilion Markets
    • Abingdon
    • Durham
    • Covington
  • Chapter 4: Pop-Up Canopy Markets
    • Alexandria
    • Charlottesville
    • Staunton
  • Chapter 5: Mobile Markets & Urban Farms
  • Conclusion: A Sense of Place, A Sense of Time
  • Notes
  • Works Cited
  • Suggested Readings
  • Websites Cited
  • Index
  • Author Bio
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