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Paved Paradise

How Parking Explains the World

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Paved Paradise

Auteur(s): Henry Grabar
Narrateur(s): Rob Shapiro
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 Shortlisted for the Zócalo Book Prize

Named one of the best books of the year by The New Yorker and The New Republic

“Consistently entertaining and often downright funny.” —The New Yorker

“Wry and revelatory.” —The New York Times

"A romp, packed with tales of anger, violence, theft, lust, greed, political chicanery and transportation policy gone wrong . . . highly entertaining." —The Los Angeles Times

An entertaining, enlightening, and utterly original investigation into one of the most quietly influential forces in modern American life—the humble parking spot

Parking, quite literally, has a death grip on America: each year a shocking number of Americans kill one another over parking spots, and we routinely do ri­diculous things for parking, contorting our professional, social, and financial lives to get a spot. Since the advent of the car, we have deformed our cities in a Sisyphean quest for car storage, and as a result, much of the nation’s most valuable real estate is now devoted to empty vehicles. Parking determines the design of new buildings and the fate of old ones, traffic patterns and the viability of transit, neighborhood politics and municipal finance, and the overall quality of public space. Is this really the best use of our finite resources? Is parking really more important than everything else?

In a beguiling and absurdly hilarious mix of history, politics, and reportage, Slate staff writer Henry Grabar brilliantly surveys the nation’s parking crisis, revealing how the compulsion for car storage has exacerbated some of our most acute problems— from housing affordability to the accelerating global climate disaster—and, ultimately, how we can free our cities from park­ing’s cruel yoke. Ingénierie Marketing et ventes Sociologie Drôle Spirituel New York Marketing
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I fully admit I am already in agreement with the author's premise but I really enjoyed the history and deep dive in policy. Very good listen and entertianing as well! Gift to the member of your family or friends that circle for parking endlessly!

Preaching to the converted!

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The author makes a seemingly dull topic full of life and lays out a compelling argument that we all — drivers included, importantly— would be better off if we re-thought how we store our private automobiles. He doesn’t lecture or shame. Rather he lays out the facts and let’s the listener reach a logical conclusion.

Excellent and reasonable take

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Great work by Grabar. Shapiro not so much but gets the job done. Would benefit from an expressive reading by someone like Terry O'Reilly.

Mixed use parking

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