My most recent foray in this area is P. D. Smith's "City: a guidebook for the urban age" (Bloomsbury, 2012). This is an absolutely gorgeous book, full of amazing pictures of urban landscapes from all over the world. It's a rambling history and modern appreciation of all the ideas, and institutions that make up a city. A brief history of banking, markets, museums, crime, libraries, public parks, mass transit, sewage systems... I think you get the idea. It's very well written, and a very enjoyable read, particularly for someone like myself with a background in history of technology. He does include a bibliography, to help those whose curiosity has been sparked by a particular section.
In aid of those of my readers who are urban librarians, whether "adaptive" or not, I am going to include book reviews here. Since I began here at BMCC, I have been reading about cities.
My most recent foray in this area is P. D. Smith's "City: a guidebook for the urban age" (Bloomsbury, 2012). This is an absolutely gorgeous book, full of amazing pictures of urban landscapes from all over the world. It's a rambling history and modern appreciation of all the ideas, and institutions that make up a city. A brief history of banking, markets, museums, crime, libraries, public parks, mass transit, sewage systems... I think you get the idea. It's very well written, and a very enjoyable read, particularly for someone like myself with a background in history of technology. He does include a bibliography, to help those whose curiosity has been sparked by a particular section.
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Why three wheels?My name is Robin Brown. This is a picture of my "magic carpet." When I'm at work it's probably parked at the commuter rail station about a mile from my house. I get to ride three wheels because my right leg doesn't like to show up for work. I flunked riding two wheels. Archives
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