Infrastructure


The Grid: The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future
The Works: Anatomy of a City
Extrastatecraft: The Power of Infrastructure Space
Infrastructure: The Book of Everything for the Industrial Landscape
The Deadly Life of Logistics: Mapping Violence in Global Trade
Underground
How Infrastructure Works: Inside the Systems That Shape Our World
The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
Divided Highways: Building the Interstate Highways, Transforming American Life
Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do and What It Says About Us
Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity
The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations
Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time
The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914
Traffic by Tom VanderbiltThe Box by Marc LevinsonThe Works by Kate AscherThe Big Necessity by Rose GeorgeInfrastructure by Brian Hayes
Underpinnings
141 books — 45 voters
Dr. Mütter's Marvels by Cristin O'Keefe AptowiczThe Philadelphia Negro by W.E.B. Du BoisPrejudice, Racism, and Tribalism by Anthony M. D'Agostino MDCity Of Sisterly And Brotherly Loves by Marc SteinThe Buried Past by John L. Cotter
Philadelphia History (nonfiction)
80 books — 17 voters

IT Infrastructure Architecture by Sjaak LaanIT Architect Series by VCDX-001 John Yani Arrasjid
Infrastructure Architecture
2 books — 1 voter
Historic American Covered Bridges by Brian J. McKeeThe Bridge by Peter J. TomasiUnderstanding the Building Construction Process by Leon P. GanderSteel and Grit by Barbara Hansen CaliThe Iron Bridge by Neil Cossons
Histories of Bridges (nonfiction)
32 books — 6 voters


Michael Talbot
Once something becomes infrastructure, it stops being gentle.
Michael Talbot, Threadborn Echo

Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.
Municipalities that do not budget and plan for infrastructure upgrades will eventually become unlivable.
Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

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Readings of interest to nerds for critical systems and the built environment
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