{"product_id":"paved-paradise-how-parking-explains-the-world-hardcover","title":"Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHenry Grabar\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003eConsistently entertaining and often downright funny.\"\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Wry and revelatory.\" \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"A romp, packed with tales of anger, violence, theft, lust, greed, political chicanery and transportation policy gone wrong... highly entertaining.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn entertaining, enlightening, and utterly original investigation into one of the most quietly influential forces in modern American life--the humble parking spot \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eParking, quite literally, has a death grip on America: each year a handful of Americans are tragically killed by their fellow citizens over parking spots. But even when we don't resort to violence, we routinely do ridiculous things for parking, contorting our professional, social, and financial lives to get a spot. Indeed, in the century since the advent of the car, we have deformed--and in some cases demolished--our homes and our cities in a Sisyphean quest for cheap and convenient car storage. As a result, much of the nation's most valuable real estate is now devoted exclusively to empty and idle vehicles, even as so many Americans struggle to find affordable housing. Parking determines the design of new buildings and the fate of old ones, patterns of traffic and the viability of transit, neighborhood politics and municipal finance, the quality of public space, and even the course of floodwaters. Can this really be the best use of our finite resources and space? Why have we done this to the places we love? Is parking \u003ci\u003ereally\u003c\/i\u003e more important than anything else? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese are the questions \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e staff writer Henry Grabar sets out to answer, telling a mesmerizing story about the strange and wonderful superorganism that is the modern American city. 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHenry Grabar \u003c\/b\u003eis a staff writer at \u003ci\u003eSlate \u003c\/i\u003ewho writes about housing, transportation, and urban policy. He has contributed to \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and was the editor of the book \u003ci\u003eThe Future of Transportation\u003c\/i\u003e. He received the Richard Rogers Fellowship from Harvard University's Graduate School of Design and was a finalist for the Livingston Award for excellence in national reporting by journalists under thirty-five.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.31 x 9.48 x 6.38 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 09, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53731151577452,"sku":"9781984881137","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0989\/3019\/6844\/files\/c6247a82bf1e4e0c2616a92d39094437.webp?v=1778297199","url":"https:\/\/pattansenterprise.com\/products\/paved-paradise-how-parking-explains-the-world-hardcover","provider":"Pattansenterprise","version":"1.0","type":"link"}