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Non-Places: An Introduction to Supermodernity | Marc Auge

Sometimes literally the only place you can find a book is a shitty libgen pdf and that's okay

batsy Libgen is such a lifesaver for expensive academic books, especially. 2mo

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shawnmooney

The Great Good Place: Cafes, Coffee Shops, Bookstores, Bars, Hair Salons, and Other Hangouts at the Heart of a Community | Ray Oldenburg Ph.D.

https://youtu.be/y02mEcEzavY?si=VZ4XlpHdfCAo14Jh

The Importance of Book-Centered Spaces as Third Places by Susie Dumond; https://bookriot.com/book-centered-spaces-as-third-places/

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nosferatu

The Language of Cities | Deyan Sudjic

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What makes a city? Sudjic‘s answer to this question is a fascinating dive into history, architecture, art, literature, and politics. His arguments shine whenever he uses examples from all over the world. (Which is why I had a tough time getting through the "How to Change a City" chapter because it focuses almost exclusively on London.)

Also, lots of highly quotable passages, e.g. when writing about 1960‘s Los Angeles: …

nosferatu "European visitors were left baffled and uncomprehending at streets without sidewalks where they could be stopped by the police for not owning a car" (p. 182) 10mo

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ManyWordsLater

The Death and Life of Great American Cities | Jane Jacobs

💯💯💯

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traa

Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design | Charles Montgomery

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andioop

Magical Urbanism: Latinos Reinvent the US City | Mike Davis

so-so

Good info, pretty dated

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LeslieO

Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time | Jeff Speck

#BookSpinBingo #Bookspin #Doublespin

TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Looks fantastic!!! 2y

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Leftcoastzen

City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles | Mike Davis

Someone who really got it.His books were a revelation to me. Ahead of the rest of us. https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/story/2022-10-25/mike-davis-writer-who-chroni...

batsy I'm so sad about his passing. I've read a lot of his essays and heard him on a lot of podcasts but have yet to read this one. 2y

Leftcoastzen @batsy I figured you might have encountered him.He was also writing about ecology of So Cal. Even in the indigenous days , fire sparked by lightning, floods , earthquakes . While people now have finally started asking should we build on the sea cliff ,in the forest ,near the beach, he was calling out the hubris we have building in certain places years ago . 2y

batsy @Leftcoastzen Let Malibu Burn is one that comes to mind! I read it only recently but it is prescient because it's so specific and rooted in material history—the exact scenario plays across cities around the world. Verso has City of Quartz available as a free ebook atm, so I'm hoping to get to it soon. (He also did a teach-in on the plague in March of 2020 that kind of saved my sanity during the hell that was our first nationwide lockdown.) 2y

Leftcoastzen @batsy wow , amazing! Wish I had known about the teach in. 2y

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LindaLappin

The City in History: Its Origins, Its Transformations, and Its Prospects | Lewis Mumford

“Our metropolitan civilization is not a success.“ Lewis Mumford
A fascinating take on the history of urbanization.
#SavvySettings Day 20 #Skyscraper #history #nonfiction
@Eggs @alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 👏🏻📚👍🏻 2y

Eggs Great image 🏙 2y

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rsteve388

Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time | Jeff Speck

Me and the handsome husband went out on a book date today and these are the books I got.

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks That‘s awesome!! 📚💙 2y

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