Description: In The Unfinished Metropolis, Benjamin Schneider explores why America's favorite things to build--freeways, single-family homes, malls, and downtown office towers--are keeping us stuck in the past. We deserve cities where housing is abundant, public transit is fast and seamless, and streets are for more than car storage. To accomplish this, we need to free ourselves from these outdated forms so we can experiment with new types of housing, new uses for streets, and new purposes for downtowns. We need to embrace the art of city-building. Talking to urban designers, planners, and community advocates, Schneider takes readers on an insightful and entertaining tour of how we can make our cities work better for us today and into the future.
Review Quotes: "Schneider reminds us that the hallmark of cities has always been making room, literally, for new ideas, and that creativity and cooperation at the local level remain the recipe for success. Here's hoping the next generation of leaders will listen."---Alexandra Lange, Pulitzer Prize winning critic and author of 'Meet Me By the Fountain'