The Geography Of Nowhere – The Rise and Decline of America’s Man Made Landscape by William Kunstler
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I rarely take the time to read non-fiction but in this fascinating look at how America became an ugly hodgepodge of strip malls and prefab houses, Kunstler traces roots of architecture from the pilgrims right on through the present. In a very readable fusion of history and social commentary, The Geography Of Nowhere discusses the building of Manhattan and the suburbs that would one day stretch across the country. Using everyone from Thomas Jefferson to Louis Sullivan to I.M. Pei, he manages to explain how it is America came to look as it does now. A great book for the cynic down on the plastification of America.
