From Main Street to No-Man's Land: How Cars and Modernism Broke Our Cities-and How We Rebuild

This is a hard-hitting book. I don't just critique modernist architecture and car-centric planning - I indict them as cultural crimes. That force of conviction is the book's core strength. This is a manifesto crossed with an urban-design treatise. From the first page, I make it crystal clear that modernism and auto-dominance have degraded civic life. There's no hedging. My writing provides a firm point of view that will keep you engaged. I weave in history, planning theory, traffic engineer...