Background
Clay, Grady Edward was born on November 5, 1916 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Son of Grady Edward and Eleanor (Solomon) Clay.
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"Grady Clay looks hard at the landscape, finding out who built what and why, noticing who participates in a city's success and who gets left in a 'sink,' or depressed (often literally) area. Clay doesn't stay in the city; he looks at industrial towns, truck stops, suburbs—nearly anywhere people live or work. His style is witty and readable, and the book is crammed with illustrations that clarify his points. If I had to pick up one book to guide my observations of the American scene, this would be it."—Sonia Simone, Whole Earth Review "The emphasis on the informal aspects of city-shaping—topographical, historical, economic and social—does much to counteract the formalist approach to American urban design. Close-Up...should be required reading for anyone wishing to understand Americans and their cities."—Roger Cunliffe, Architectural Review "Close-Up is a provocative and stimulating book."—Thomas J. Schlereth, Winterthur Portfolio "Within this coherent string of essays, the urban dweller or observer, as well as the student, will find refreshing strategies for viewing the environmental 'situations' interacting to form a landscape."—Dallas Morning News "Clay's Close-Up, first published in 1973, is still a key book for looking at the real American city. Too many urban books and guidebooks concentrate on the good parts of the city....Clay looks at all parts of the city, the suburbs, and the places between cities, and develops new terms to describe parts of the built environment—fronts, strips, beats, stacks, sinks, and turf. No one who wants to understand American cities or to describe them, should fail to know this book. The illustrations are of special interest to the guidebook writer."—American Urban Guidenotes
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Clay, Grady Edward was born on November 5, 1916 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Son of Grady Edward and Eleanor (Solomon) Clay.
AB, Emory University, 1938; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Emory University, 1987; Master of Science, Columbia University, 1939.
Public, St. Simons (Georgia) Star, 1938;
reporter, Louisville Times, 1939-1941;
rotogravure editor, Courier-Journal, Louisville, 1941-1942;
reporter, Courier-Journal, Louisville, 1945-1946;
editor real estate, Courier-Journal, Louisville, 1949-1960;
editor urban affairs, Courier-Journal, Louisville, 1964-1966;
editor, Landscape Architecture Magazine, Louisville, 1960-1984. Consultant Spindletop Research, 1960, Urban Journalism Center, Northwestern University,1966-1968. Member of faculty Salzburg Seminar in American Studies, 1968.
Member of faculty architecture planning Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1973. Bingham professor humanities U. Louisville, 1978. Chairman architectural juries including Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington.
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Founding member Citizens metropolitan Planning county, 1956, Kentucky Planning League, 1960s. Trustee American Planning & Civic Association, 1958-1963. Member of advisory board Envirionic Foundation, Inc., since 1971, Kentuckiana Metroversity, 1973, The Competition Project, Louisville, since 1987.
With Army of the United States, 1942-1946. Member American Institute of Architects (honorary), American Society Landscape Architects (honorary), Society Nieman Fellows, American Society Planning Officials (president 1973), National Association Real Estate Editors (president 1958, Chairman of the Board 1960), Louisville Country Club, Wynn-Stay Club, Salmagundi Club, Clear Creek Beagles Club, Cosmos Club.
Married Nanine Irwin Hilliard, April 25, 1941 (divorced 1976). Children: Grady Edward III, Theodore Hilliard, Peter Maitland. Married Judith A. McCandless, 1976.