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City by City: Dispatches from the American Metropolis
A collection of essays—historical and personal—about the present and future of American cities
Edited by Keith Gessen and Stephen Squibb, City by City is a collection of essays—historical, personal, and somewhere in between—about the present and future of American cities. It sweeps from Gold Rush, Alaska, to Miami, Florida, encompassing cities large and small, growing and failing. These essays look closely at the forces—gentrification, underemployment, politics, culture, and crime—that shape urban life. They also tell the stories of citizens whose fortunes have risen or fallen with those of the cities they call home.
A cross between Hunter S. Thompson, Studs Terkel, and the Great Depression–era WPA guides to each state in the Union, City by City carries this project of American storytelling up to the days of our own Great Recession.
Edited by Keith Gessen and Stephen Squibb, City by City is a collection of essays—historical, personal, and somewhere in between—about the present and future of American cities. It sweeps from Gold Rush, Alaska, to Miami, Florida, encompassing cities large and small, growing and failing. These essays look closely at the forces—gentrification, underemployment, politics, culture, and crime—that shape urban life. They also tell the stories of citizens whose fortunes have risen or fallen with those of the cities they call home.
A cross between Hunter S. Thompson, Studs Terkel, and the Great Depression–era WPA guides to each state in the Union, City by City carries this project of American storytelling up to the days of our own Great Recession.
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First published May 12, 2015
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Keith Gessen
36 books202 followersKeith Gessen was born in Moscow in 1975 and came to the United States with his family when he was six years old. He is a co-founder of the literary magazine n+1 and the author of the novels All the Sad Young Literary Men and A Terrible Country. He has written about Russia for the London Review of Books, n+1, the Nation, the New Yorker, and the New York Times Magazine, and has translated or co-translated several books from Russian, including Voices from Chernobyl by Svetlana Alexievich, There Once Lived a Woman Who Tried to Kill Her Neighbor's Baby by Ludmilla Petrushevskaya, and It's No Good by Kirill Medvedev. He is also the editor of the n+1 books What We Should Have Known, Diary of a Very Bad Year: Confessions of an Anonymous Hedge Fund Manager, and City by City. He lives in New York with his wife, the author and publisher Emily Gould, and their son, Raphy, who likes squishy candy.
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July 17, 2015
Two different books grafted together. The first book, "City by City: How Americans Actually Live," is a very good collection of thoughtful, informative essays on urban planning, poverty, transit, identity, economics, local politics, culture and history, by a variety of smart, talented writers. The other, "City by City: What Writers Who Moved Out of Their Hometowns to Go to Good Colleges Think About Those Hometowns Now That They Haven't Lived There for Ten Years or So," is a much-less rewarding collection of Tumblr-quality personal essays. Four stars for the first, two for the second, averaging out at three.
August 25, 2015
A collection of essays about various US cities organized from southwest (San Diego) to Northeast (Syracuse, NY) and varying in quality depending on who wrote them and why. Some are social commentary, the best of which is Emily Grozdik's excellently snarky piece about the superficial awfulness of Miami circa 2005. Others are written by natives and offer some interesting insight into their respective cities, such as Cincinnati, Providence, and Syracuse. However, as with any collection of this type, there are also some that are just filler (Lehigh Acres, Florida); too short to be meaningful (Phoenix); too personal in a way that doesn't really give insight into the city itself (Las Vegas); obscure and boring (Duluth, GA); or all of the above (Williston, ND from the perspective of an outsider who just came there for the money). There are also a couple of interviews with random development figures, which serve as the "essay" for Cleveland and Boston, and this change in format is jarring and, in my opinion, shouldn't have been included.
Overall, this collection hits more often than it misses and provides some interesting local insight into the majority of the cities it covers, despite the variable length and quality of many of the pieces and a few odd editorial decisions.
Overall, this collection hits more often than it misses and provides some interesting local insight into the majority of the cities it covers, despite the variable length and quality of many of the pieces and a few odd editorial decisions.
November 5, 2015
Meh.
This book does a better job of appealing to the masses whose attention must be maintained every third chapter. Even though it is a compilation of "essays," this book only has quality, thought-provoking essays sprinkled amongst narratives that are much too personal and irrelevant. These good essays correlate very well with what I am studying in urban politics, but the rest is only included to give the book some mass and to attract lay readers. These narratives certainly are decent in their own right, but fail to accurately portray city life as told by an average citizen because they are more along the lines of "I took the garbage out and saw a police car" rather than "I was denied a home loan in the affluent section of the city because I was profiled." If you put all of the good essays in one half of the book and then kept the rest as is and then chopped it in half and kept the half with the good essays, it would make a much better book.
It was meh.
This book does a better job of appealing to the masses whose attention must be maintained every third chapter. Even though it is a compilation of "essays," this book only has quality, thought-provoking essays sprinkled amongst narratives that are much too personal and irrelevant. These good essays correlate very well with what I am studying in urban politics, but the rest is only included to give the book some mass and to attract lay readers. These narratives certainly are decent in their own right, but fail to accurately portray city life as told by an average citizen because they are more along the lines of "I took the garbage out and saw a police car" rather than "I was denied a home loan in the affluent section of the city because I was profiled." If you put all of the good essays in one half of the book and then kept the rest as is and then chopped it in half and kept the half with the good essays, it would make a much better book.
It was meh.
February 9, 2017
There's a lot happening here in this collection of essays. I was really drawn to the premise--so many different takes on so many different cities across the United States--though like so many collections featuring a variety of authors, you're going to get a variety of work. Some were so very on point, others were good but hazy on any real city connection, and a few just didn't pop much at all. As such, it's a good collection for picking through to find which topics strike you. I tended to lean toward the essays focusing more on social issues rather than the financial or political, following my own inclinations and understanding. Looking back, I'd say my top three favorites were "Gold Rush in Whittier," detailing a remote Alaskan town confined mostly to a single building; "Fear and Aggression in Palm Coast," a reflection on growing up black in the Florida 'burbs; and "Christmas in Baltimore," wherein a man ventures back to his hometown to attend the funeral of a childhood friend and ruminates on the impact of the (in)justice system on bright, young black men.
Many of these essays do a great job of highlighting the peculiarities of any one particular city, but also leaving enough open for you, the reader, to make your own connections.
**I received a copy of this book as a Goodread's First Reads giveaway.**
Many of these essays do a great job of highlighting the peculiarities of any one particular city, but also leaving enough open for you, the reader, to make your own connections.
**I received a copy of this book as a Goodread's First Reads giveaway.**
June 20, 2015
An exceptional collection of essays about particular American cities that mix memoir (the return to place of birth, the exploration of a new place) and urban history to varying degrees, with a couple of interviews tossed in. They were written in the aftermath of the 2008 downturn through today and the writing varies from good to excellent, the mood from anger to activism to quiet sadness to resignation. They are all brief (3 to 25 pages and only the one is over 20 pages) and open up particular places, even if just a little bit. The best reshape space and time, the layout of cities and American history. My one complaints is that its coverage is thin in the middle of the country, the fly-over, with essays heavier on the West, South, and East. The Chicago essay focused narrowly and personally on Hyde Park, while the Milwaukee essay was great history, but what of the Twin Cities, Kansas City, St. Louis, Indianapolis? It is only a small complaint, because what is here asks questions of development, reform, race, gentrification, government policy, and corporate interest, while also being a delight to read (such prose). Not a book of policy but of reflection and of anger and of humor.
February 25, 2019
Quotable:
The signature architect of the era (1980's) was Philip Johnson, the massing of who's AT&T Building was covered in acres-thick rose granite, it's base circumambulated by a Renaissance-style loggia, and it's very top capped by a silly Chippendale arch. Goofy, serenely nostalgic, and opulent all at once, the building and its descendants captured the Reagan era's schizophrenic desire to live in a glorious, fabricated past while ensuring the desecration of the past's actual remaining monuments.
In Highland Park luxury goods and low property taxes were God's reward for acting right. No matter which church you attended -HPUMC, PCPC, PCBC, Methodist, Presbyterian, Baptist - wealth was simply His way of persuading other people to become Christians, too. It worked on my little brother, for a while; he had a student Bible in a zip-around cover. We must, said my mother, we must resist the urge to throw it away.
The signature architect of the era (1980's) was Philip Johnson, the massing of who's AT&T Building was covered in acres-thick rose granite, it's base circumambulated by a Renaissance-style loggia, and it's very top capped by a silly Chippendale arch. Goofy, serenely nostalgic, and opulent all at once, the building and its descendants captured the Reagan era's schizophrenic desire to live in a glorious, fabricated past while ensuring the desecration of the past's actual remaining monuments.
In Highland Park luxury goods and low property taxes were God's reward for acting right. No matter which church you attended -HPUMC, PCPC, PCBC, Methodist, Presbyterian, Baptist - wealth was simply His way of persuading other people to become Christians, too. It worked on my little brother, for a while; he had a student Bible in a zip-around cover. We must, said my mother, we must resist the urge to throw it away.
June 20, 2020
As someone who is invested in urban planning, economics, politics, etc, I very much have to carve out separate head spaces for nitty gritty policy stuff and poetic illustratives. This book did not respect those boundaries. Half the essays are thoughtful rumination on urban issues and civics, the other half fall somewhere in between the quality of “check out this weird insight I pulled out of my woke jeans and delivered on a platter for you” and “this editor liked my creative online diary entries and decided to put them in a book”. Some of the latter ones were definitely entertaining to read, but in the end I think the overall selection was too eclectic for me. Imma go ahead and give this a solid 2.5, right up the middle.
January 4, 2018
A lot of very good stories on cities big and small throughout America, focusing on issues of urban decay through political, cultural, and economic factors. Many authors offer a rich materialist analysis using their personal experiences in a symbiotic relationship that offers a plot and first person view to the effects of the Great Recession in real time. Some works do the reverse, and use throwaway descriptions of cities and local oddities to give you the faintest expository glimpse of the city they write about, which i enjoyed less than the former model of essay, but offered a refreshing, emotional glimpse into the lives of the people who lived there.
July 19, 2017
A collection of essays about American cities in the post-recession environment. Some are personal, others are more academic. I found it a bit bloated; however, there are some really interesting pieces in here. The history of the 'office' and segregated white collar work spaces is probably the most worthwhile read in here.
January 28, 2018
not positive i've actually read every piece cuz i just skip around, it's definitely a mixed bag but the good ones are real good, atlanta and was it rochester? washington dc was funny. etc.
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June 25, 2019
Some good, some just okay. Chicago, Alaska, Cincinnati, Williston stand out.
March 2, 2020
Some of these essays were really great; others I skipped after a few paragraphs. There is a lot of food for thought here.
June 8, 2020
These Writers Limn how no matter what we do, we can’t get free.
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April 5, 2021I read the chapters from the cities I've lived and anything that wasn't memoir or weird fluff (looking at you DC)
July 23, 2016
I've been on a kick to learn more about urban planning/economic development as I contemplate ruining my life during a midlife crisis, and it was while perusing that section of the BPL that I found this book. Unlike the other texts and handbooks around it, City by City is a series of essays about cities across America, including both the L.A.s and Philadelphias as well as smaller cities like Duluth, Ga. and Williston, N.D., primarily written by folks who were born or had lived there. The essays started on the west coast and moved in a zig-zag manner across the country, ending with Providence, Boston, and Syracuse, N.Y.
While they varied in interest level, all of the essays were beautifully written. I teared up as the story about Palm Coast, Fla. gave me insight into the fearful life of a black teen long before Black Lives Matter was a thing. The essay on El Paso provided a sobering look at immigration, drug wars and racism. The two essays that weren't on specific cities -- one on the impact of water access in the Midwest, the other on cities' tenuous relationships with the highway system -- were masterfully written. Most of these essays touched on the impact of classism and racist development policies, particularly after WWII. It was a phenomenal anthology of voices and perspectives that really drove home a lot of the issues I've seen every day, but only through my own eyes.
The negative: Well, it kind of started to feel disheartening. People who move into cities today are just gentrifying yuppies with no regard for their neighbors. There's no answer to the problem of urban poverty because every attempt at beautification and improved utility simply drives up housing prices and forces the urban poor to relocate -- to make way for yuppie gentrifiers like me. I moved to the city for a lot of reasons: I'm ready to be less dependent on cars; I love having access to great food, culture, sports, higher ed, in my back yard; I believe that cities are a more environmentally friendly option than suburbs, or even rural areas that provide easy city access; I am young and want to be in the heart of civilization. But I see the gentrification of Boston, I feel firsthand the astronomical housing prices, and I watch as local dive bars with real character that have stood for decades are traded for indie coffee houses and high-end lofts with contrived character. I feel for the people who were here before I was, who were here before it was cool, or safe, to be here. And I hate the sterility that gentrification inevitably brings to a previously charismatic city. There has to be a way to have it all: culture, arts, safety, access, transportation, personality and history without displacing people who have called cities home for generations. I took umbrage to the hinted idea that just because we've moved to cities doesn't mean we don't care about the impact -- and what's the alternative? More sprawl? More highways? More traffic? Not the answer at all.
My other beef: This is one of a few books I've read that for some reason includes Syracuse to represent the rust belt cities of New York State. Syracuse is just not that exciting of a city. Buffalo and Rochester have done amazing things, but they are rarely profiled. Rochester, for all it's ugliness, racism, and poverty, deserves some attention, for once.
And finally: Boston was the second to last story in the book (Syracuse was last), and as I read one after another amazing, moving, well-written essay with both historic and present-day context, I was eagerly anticipating the chapter on my adopted city. Sadly, it was easily the worst in the book, taking a Q&A interview format versus prose, and talking about really complicated topics without a lot of explanation because the format was so limiting. The interviewee, who I am sure is a very smart, talented, and goodhearted person, was even based in my neighborhood of Jamaica Plain, but it shed little light for me on how JP or Boston got to where they are today, and what's next for this vibrant and constantly changing city. A real let-down after hundreds of pages of anticipation reading far better stories.
Overall, it's worth the read, even if you don't want to be an urban planner. If you're interested in how different cities became what they are today, or what they might be tomorrow -- or even how others in America go through their daily lives -- it's worth picking up.
While they varied in interest level, all of the essays were beautifully written. I teared up as the story about Palm Coast, Fla. gave me insight into the fearful life of a black teen long before Black Lives Matter was a thing. The essay on El Paso provided a sobering look at immigration, drug wars and racism. The two essays that weren't on specific cities -- one on the impact of water access in the Midwest, the other on cities' tenuous relationships with the highway system -- were masterfully written. Most of these essays touched on the impact of classism and racist development policies, particularly after WWII. It was a phenomenal anthology of voices and perspectives that really drove home a lot of the issues I've seen every day, but only through my own eyes.
The negative: Well, it kind of started to feel disheartening. People who move into cities today are just gentrifying yuppies with no regard for their neighbors. There's no answer to the problem of urban poverty because every attempt at beautification and improved utility simply drives up housing prices and forces the urban poor to relocate -- to make way for yuppie gentrifiers like me. I moved to the city for a lot of reasons: I'm ready to be less dependent on cars; I love having access to great food, culture, sports, higher ed, in my back yard; I believe that cities are a more environmentally friendly option than suburbs, or even rural areas that provide easy city access; I am young and want to be in the heart of civilization. But I see the gentrification of Boston, I feel firsthand the astronomical housing prices, and I watch as local dive bars with real character that have stood for decades are traded for indie coffee houses and high-end lofts with contrived character. I feel for the people who were here before I was, who were here before it was cool, or safe, to be here. And I hate the sterility that gentrification inevitably brings to a previously charismatic city. There has to be a way to have it all: culture, arts, safety, access, transportation, personality and history without displacing people who have called cities home for generations. I took umbrage to the hinted idea that just because we've moved to cities doesn't mean we don't care about the impact -- and what's the alternative? More sprawl? More highways? More traffic? Not the answer at all.
My other beef: This is one of a few books I've read that for some reason includes Syracuse to represent the rust belt cities of New York State. Syracuse is just not that exciting of a city. Buffalo and Rochester have done amazing things, but they are rarely profiled. Rochester, for all it's ugliness, racism, and poverty, deserves some attention, for once.
And finally: Boston was the second to last story in the book (Syracuse was last), and as I read one after another amazing, moving, well-written essay with both historic and present-day context, I was eagerly anticipating the chapter on my adopted city. Sadly, it was easily the worst in the book, taking a Q&A interview format versus prose, and talking about really complicated topics without a lot of explanation because the format was so limiting. The interviewee, who I am sure is a very smart, talented, and goodhearted person, was even based in my neighborhood of Jamaica Plain, but it shed little light for me on how JP or Boston got to where they are today, and what's next for this vibrant and constantly changing city. A real let-down after hundreds of pages of anticipation reading far better stories.
Overall, it's worth the read, even if you don't want to be an urban planner. If you're interested in how different cities became what they are today, or what they might be tomorrow -- or even how others in America go through their daily lives -- it's worth picking up.
April 17, 2016
Wonderful. City by City is a collection of essays. Each is written from a different point of view (historical, sociological, personal, etc.) and is about a different city in the U.S. from approximately 2008 through 2014. I fell in love with the in-depth view of places I've never been and the raw slices of American life that are shown.
I read some critiques that the authors all have an I-grew-up-in-X-city-and-then-went-to-a-fancy-college-and-then-moved-back-home-and-wow-things-are-different perspective. Sure, some of them write from that perspective. But not all of them. And it's not a bad thing that some of them do. If you're going to do a collection of essays by young writers, as this is intended, then yes that is going to be a lot of what you get. I didn't see it as a weakness. The essays still provided a broader perspective on our American experience than I'd get by sitting on my couch watching Netflix.
If you love cities, love diving into a variety of random topics, love reading essays, and love thinking about urban planning and transportation, you'll love this book. At one point I suggested to a friend that it be required reading for U.S. high school students and even after a few days' remove from finishing it I stand by that.
I read some critiques that the authors all have an I-grew-up-in-X-city-and-then-went-to-a-fancy-college-and-then-moved-back-home-and-wow-things-are-different perspective. Sure, some of them write from that perspective. But not all of them. And it's not a bad thing that some of them do. If you're going to do a collection of essays by young writers, as this is intended, then yes that is going to be a lot of what you get. I didn't see it as a weakness. The essays still provided a broader perspective on our American experience than I'd get by sitting on my couch watching Netflix.
If you love cities, love diving into a variety of random topics, love reading essays, and love thinking about urban planning and transportation, you'll love this book. At one point I suggested to a friend that it be required reading for U.S. high school students and even after a few days' remove from finishing it I stand by that.
September 3, 2015
Like most anthologies, there are hits and misses. The title is misleading: some of the places featured are not metropolises in any sense, including an oil patch in North Dakota and a population of around 220 living in 2 buildings in Alaska. Some of the essays featuring cities aren't very interesting, like the random list of attributes of Los Angeles. Ironically, I found the more personal essays boring, as one can experience hardship anywhere and the personal accounts often didn't do enough to tie the story being told the to the specific place well enough to give it locational uniqueness. Instead, I was drawn to the essays that took more of the long view, like the Nikil Saval's "The Office and the City" and Greg Afinogenov's history of Milwaukee socialist influence. Ben Merriman's "Lessons of the Arkansas," though not about a city at all, is a very interesting look into the ramifications of poorly managing finite ecological resources. Some parts are definitely skippable, but overall a worthwhile read.
April 9, 2016
This is the kind of book that chronicles a single moment in the zeitgeist of an American subculture. Most of the essays are extremely personal. Some are also historical and well-researched. All have distinctive voices. Some of those voices are a bit self-indulgent and/or precious. Others are delightful to read.
Some of the essays are truly excellent. Others, I could probably do without. All told, the book could probably have been edited down a bit, but I can understand the desire not to leave any of the authors (or cities) out. This is the kind of book that a reader can/should return to in 20 years to see what life was like a decade after the new millennium, without much hope or expectations for the future...
Some of the essays are truly excellent. Others, I could probably do without. All told, the book could probably have been edited down a bit, but I can understand the desire not to leave any of the authors (or cities) out. This is the kind of book that a reader can/should return to in 20 years to see what life was like a decade after the new millennium, without much hope or expectations for the future...
June 10, 2015
It's hard to give this book more than three stars, because a few of the essays were truly awful and self-satisfied in an effort to be significant. Others, however, sucked you into life in cities all over the United States. A good mix of geography and a balance between personal interest and system-level stories, this book manages to explore racism, failed attempts at economic reform (every city's answer is "build retail," and in every single city it fails), culture, environmental issues, and many other things. It left me feeling both sad and inspired about the state of our communities. Would definitely recommend.
December 27, 2015
A varied look at the United States through a collection of essays about cities, some well known, some forgotten. This book might be a treasure for a geographer (like myself) or a sociologist. It may have limited appeal to others. But, there are several good essays that touch on issues that plague most cities, not just the ones mentioned. Corruption, pollution, crime, etc. All of these things happen in every city to some degree, it's simply a matter of understanding where your city fits in. I'd love to see this "feature" in the n+1 magazine as a regular item, and maybe it is. It's definitely worth a read.
February 2, 2016
3 stars overall, 5 stars for selected essays. this is an n + 1 AND FSG book. deals with geography, urban geography, sociology, travel writing, and some "just reporting". about selected cities/areas in usa, some very known and overthetop like miami fl, some obscure and scary like fresno ca. from boise to greensboro, park slope, dallas, duluth georgia; eclectic writers highlighting their 'places', many times historically and currently, through art, environment, social, business or lack of, race, class. my favorites were about syracuse, arkansas river valley, duluth, boise. but you can pick your own.
November 22, 2016
Essay collections are always going to have some hits and some misses but this one had more of the former. It was a good mixture of personal and political essays which I liked as both gave an insight into what the cities in question were like.The best pieces read like a social history and the worst seemed out of touch with the rest of the collection but not enough to break the flow of the book.
The more political essays, particularly the one on Atlanta gave me a lot to think about with regards to how we make cities better and who we do it for and I'll take those questions with me as I continue to learn about urban planning and policy.
The more political essays, particularly the one on Atlanta gave me a lot to think about with regards to how we make cities better and who we do it for and I'll take those questions with me as I continue to learn about urban planning and policy.
June 16, 2015
Collection of essays about American cities. Most of the authors are liberal millenials writing about their hometowns. I enjoyed the essays that talked about the history of the city along with insights into more unique aspects such as "Neighborhoods of Cincinnati" or "DestiNY, Syracuse, USA" which talked about plans for an enormous luxury mall and the pollution of Lake Onondaga. There were a few essays I didn't care for (the one about a man working as a manager at a Washington D.C. brothel) but overall this is an insightful collection about urbanism in the 21st century.
October 2, 2015
Really enjoyed dipping into this book, getting some insights into modern life (and changing times) across a broad swath of American cities. Like other reviewers have said, the essays are a mixed bag - some are utterly compelling, others boring, and others I wasn't quite sure what point the authors were trying to make. But overall, the good essays far outweigh the mediocre. "DestiNY Syracuse", "Miami Party Boom", "Atlanta's Beltline Meets the Voters", "Philly School Reform", "Six Houses in Hyde Park" were some of my favorite essays.
November 2, 2015
A solid and accessible look at some of the key issues facing American cities in the early 21st century: racism, inequality, gentrification, de-industrialization, sprawl, etc. The chapters are a mix of biographical reflections, historical overviews, and interviews with local experts, which makes for a nice mix. Some pieces are better than others, and the highlights include "Modern Fresno", "The Office and the City", "Dallas and the Park Cities", and "Providence, You're Looking Good".
April 9, 2016
Great collection of stories from cities around the country for the policy wonk with a literary streak. There is a tremendous diversity of perspectives and story types. They range from very personal stories about connections to specific places to analyses of the financial crisis and the history of postindustrial cities. Anyone interested in the history of the US will find something to connect with.
December 13, 2015
This was an interesting book about select cities in the USA. I have never spent any time in any of the featured cities so the articles were informative. The specifics of each city were different due to geology, history, racial diversity and types of commerce but the generalities were pretty much the same. We are all Americans but each, city, race, ethnic group has its own characteristics. I received this book from Goodreads for free.
July 11, 2015
At page 242 I DNF'd this book. While it was very interesting and informative about so many various city aspects I just felt it was dry at times and I got bored in the end. The first half or so was quiet interesting but then I found myself skimming and skipping whole paragraphs then sections. Maybe I will pick this book up in the future but as of right now I am going to move onto other things.
August 14, 2015
This is an edited book with contributions that reference different places -- mostly cities. The essays range from more academic types (on transporation, highways, architecture, water) to those looking at the fate of different places (Detroit, Cincinnati, Fresno, Atlanta) to more freeform reflections that reference a place or places. The book provides a good feel for many of these places.
January 8, 2017
I can't remember if I finished this, but I remember really loving some of the essays and not so much others. I forgot where I put it so I can't even look up the titles (I remember really liking the one about the Arkansas River, and water rights between Kansas and Colorado, or was it Arkansas?) More points for stuff I like than stuff I dislike (which are far more numerous!) though
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