PDF-[READ]-The Geography of Nowhere: The Rise and Decline of America\'s Man-Made Landscape

The Geography of Nowhere traces Americas evolution from a nation of Main Streets and coherent communities to a land where every place is like no place in particular where the cities are dead zones and the countryside is a wasteland of cartoon architecture and parking lotsIn elegant and often hilarious prose Kunstler depicts our nations evolution from the Pilgrim settlements to the modern auto suburb in all its ghastliness The Geography of Nowhere tallies up the huge economic social and spiritual costs that America is paying for its carcrazed lifestyle It is also a wakeup call for citizens to reinvent the places where we live and work to build communities that are once again worthy of our affection Kunstler proposes that by reviving civic art and civic life we will rediscover public virtue and a new vision of the common good The future will require us to build better places Kunstler says or the future will belong to other people in other societiesThe Geography of Nowhere has become a touchstone work in the two decades since its initial publication its incisive commentary giving language to the feeling of millions of Americans that our nations suburban environments were ceasing to be credible human habitats Since that time the work has inspired city planners architects legislators designers and citizens everywhere In this special 20th Anniversary edition dozens of authors and experts in various fields share their perspective on James Howard Kunstlers brave and seminal work. 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