Images Of Sprawl

Aerial photographs capture the essence of suburban sprawl.

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January 12, 2001, 8:30 AM PST

Alex Maclean has spent 25 years taking aerial photos for architects and planners. Flying below the clouds, at heights of 1,000 to 2,000-feet, gives you "a different look at the landscape and how it's put together. You're in a different scale," MacLean says. Many of his photos appear in "Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream," a book co-written by Andres Duany, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, and Jeff Speck. The Christian Science Monitor presents a selection of MacLean's most compelling images, and the stories behind some of the photos.

Thanks to Chris Steins

FULL STORY: Sprawled out

Friday, January 12, 2001 in The Christian Science Monitor

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