Paved paradise : how parking explains the world / Henry Grabar.
| Author/creator | Grabar, Henry author. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | New York : Penguin Press, 2023. |
| Copyright Date | ©2023 |
| Description | 1 online resource (xix, 346 pages) : illustrations |
| Supplemental Content | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Part I. What a mess we made. Housing for cars and housing for people -- Fighting over parking spaces -- The travails of New York's top parking attendant -- Destroying the city in order to save it -- Paved paradise -- Part II. Charging for something everyone expects to be free. How to use parking for money laundering, tax evasion, and theft -- A trip to the heart of the commercial parking industry -- When Wall Street bought Chicago's parking meters -- Part III. How to fix the parking problem. The professor of parking starts a cult -- Parkitecture -- The Shoupistas take city hall -- The market : parking after minimums -- How Americans wound up living in the garage -- Planting gardens in the gutter -- The new world. |
| Abstract | "An entertaining, enlightening, and utterly original investigation into one of the most quietly influential forces in modern American life--the humble parking spot. In a beguiling and often absurdly hilarious mix of history, politics, and reportage, Grabar brilliantly surveys the pain points of the nation's parking crisis, from Los Angeles to Disney World to New York, stopping at every major American city in between. He reveals how the pathological compulsion for car storage has exacerbated some of our most acute problems--from housing affordability to the accelerating global climate disaster--ultimately, lighting the way for us to free our cities from parking's cruel yoke" -- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-329) and index. |
| Source of description | Online resource; title from digital title page (ProQuest Ebook Central platform, viewed May 22, 2024). |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Grabar, Henry. Paved paradise. New York : Penguin Press, 2023 9781984881137 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9781984881144 (electronic book) |
| ISBN | 1984881140 (electronic book) |
| ISBN | (hardcover) |
| ISBN | (hardcover) |
| ISBN | (paperback) |
| ISBN | (paperback) |
| Stock number | 8E27960D-E844-41B7-862C-EA35055363A8 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |