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James Howard Kunstler: Geography of Nowhere: The Rise and Decline of America's Man-Made Landscape
James Howard Kunstler: HOME FROM NOWHERE: REMAKING OUR EVERYDAY WORLD FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
Kenneth T. Jackson: Crabgrass Frontier : The Suburbanization of the United States
Peter Katz: The New Urbanism: Toward an Architecture of Community
Christopher Lasch: The Revolt of the Elites: And the Betrayal of Democracy
Robert A. Caro: The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
Anthony Flint: This Land: The Battle over Sprawl and the Future of America
Robert E. Lang: Boomburbs: The Rise of America's Accidental Cities (James a Johnson Metro)
Daniel McGinn: House Lust: America's Obsession With Our Homes
Bill Bishop: The Big Sort: Why the Clustering of Like-Minded America Is Tearing Us Apart
Bill McKibben: Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future
Catherine Lutz: Carjacked: The Culture of the Automobile and Its Effect on Our Lives
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Ellen Dunham-Jones: Retrofitting Suburbia: Urban Design Solutions for Redesigning Suburbs
John F. Wasik: The Cul-de-Sac Syndrome: Turning Around the Unsustainable American Dream
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Arcade Fire in your old neighborhood
When a band puts out an album called THE SUBURBS, you know I'm going to get email about it. I'll eventually buy the album (or download the iTunes - - what do we say nowadays?), but not because I'm looking for insight into the suburban experience. I just like Arcade Fire.
Don't wait around when it comes to their promotional website, though. It's an interactive film of sorts that integrates GoogleMaps and your childhood neighborhood. Go play.
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