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Paved paradise : how parking explains the world / Henry Grabar.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781984881137 :
- ISBN: 1984881132 :
- Physical Description: xix, 346 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Publisher: New York : Penguin Press, 2023.
- Copyright: �2023
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-329) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 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: in the land of the blind: 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 premiums -- How Americans wound up living in the garage -- Planting gardens in the gutter -- The new world. |
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| Subject: | Automobile parking > Social aspects > United States. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pease Public Library | 388.474 GRABAR
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34598001008450 | Non-Fiction | Available | - |
Paved Paradise : How Parking Explains the World
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Table of Contents
Paved Paradise : How Parking Explains the World
| Section | Section Description | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction | ix | |
| Part I | What a Mess We Made | |
| Chapter 1 | Housing for Cars and Housing for People | 3 |
| Chapter 2 | Fighting Over Parking Spaces | 19 |
| Chapter 3 | The Travails of New York's Top Parking Attendant | 31 |
| Chapter 4 | Destroying the City in Order to Save It | 51 |
| Chapter 5 | Paved Paradise | 71 |
| Part 2 | Charging for Something Everyone Expects to Be Free | |
| Chapter 6 | How to Use Parking for Money Laundering, Tax Evasion, and Theft | 91 |
| Chapter 7 | A Trip to the Heart of the Commercial Parking Industry | 105 |
| Chapter 8 | When Wall Street Bought Chicago's Parking Meters | 121 |
| Part 3 | How to Fix the Parking Problem | |
| Chapter 9 | The Professor of Parking Starts a Cult | 147 |
| Chapter 10 | Parkitecture | 171 |
| Chapter 11 | The Shoupistas Take City Hall | 197 |
| Chapter 12 | The Market: Parking after Minimums | 213 |
| Chapter 13 | How Americans Wound Up Living in the Garage | 227 |
| Chapter 14 | Planting Gardens in the Gutter | 247 |
| Chapter 15 | The New World | 267 |
| Conclusion | 277 | |
| Acknowledgments | 285 | |
| Notes | 289 | |
| Index | 331 |
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