Contents

1  Introduction

Architecture, Judgment, and Civic Aesthetics

14  Chapter 1. Improvement

          Stones

40  Chapter 2. Nuisance

62  Chapter 3. Irritation

88  Chapter 4. Incongruity

          Persons

112  Chapter 5. The Architect

134  Chapter 6. The Profession

156  Chapter 7. The Monarch

180  Conclusion

    Ugliness and Its Consequences

188  Acknowledgments

190  Notes

210  Photo and Illustration Credits

212  Index