Intro to the City: 150 Observations to Understand the City
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Review\nThis is a timely and thought-provoking book, which invites the reader to come on a journey through questions and observations. It is humbly written and feels much like walking through a city with an old friend. The short chapters and beautiful images make it easy to put down and pick up--but it is equally as easy to digest in one afternoon with a cup of coffee. This book raises questions for curious minds and urban practitioners alike and should be read by anyone with an interest of any kind in cities and the world around them. -- Jo Rogers, Town Planner based in North East England and a Teaching Assistant on the Urban Planning MSc at Newcastle University\nFor a lot of people the word city is an abstraction. It's a familiar word but doesn't evoke any concrete specifics. A city is a byline for a news story--or a layover for a flight. From a distance, cities are skylines. Up close they are mostly a navigational challenge. We encounter cities every day in one way or another, but few of us really see them. Fewer still can help others see the city. Sean Benesh is one of those people. Benesh's Intro to the City presents a somewhat misleading title insofar as we think of "Intro to" as a signifier of a laborious tomb foisted upon first year college students. But in another sense, the title is spot on. Through this beautifully crafted book maintaining a syncopated rhythm of text and photographs, Benesh truly does introduce us to the city that, for many of us, has been hiding in plain sight. It's a thrilling read. I recommend it highly. -- Eric O. Jacobsen, Sr. Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Tacoma, WA and author of Three Pieces of Glass: Why We Feel Lonely in a World Mediated by Screens (Baker 2020)\nCities aren't just places where taller buildings exist and more people live and work; they are an intricate collection of stories, timelines, and personalities built in three dimensions. With Intro to the City, Sean Benesh invites readers to see cities through a deeper lens--one that asks the hard questions like how did this city come to be and who is this city for? This book is ideal for anyone who wants to understand their community more intimately. -- Chris Lazaro, CNU-a and author of Faith in Cities: How Better Places Make Better Neighbors\nHow does one truly study, learn about, and understand the city? It is about observing … seeing … taking mental notes … peering beneath the surface. Intro to the City was written as a field guide of sorts to help you make sense of the urban environment all around you. After taking countless students on exploratory trips throughout the city to study and explore, this book was written to help you begin understanding the city and all of its complexities … from the built environment to on-the-street-demographics to the neighborhood economy to multi-modal transportation options and more. These 150 observations will unlock the secrets to the city.
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