Cities
Reading the City on Foot
Traffic engineers measure flow. Walkers measure life. What you learn about a metropolis at three miles an hour cannot be learned any other way.
Streets, buildings and the shared life of urban places.
Traffic engineers measure flow. Walkers measure life. What you learn about a metropolis at three miles an hour cannot be learned any other way.
It lends books, yes. It also lends warmth, shelter, tax help, toddler songs and the increasingly rare experience of being somewhere without buying anything.