jane holtz kay is the architecture and planning critic for the nation, and ... a member of the society of environmental journalists, she has written for ... [more...]

at once a visual delight and a fascinating history, lost boston brings the city's past to life. ... this updated edition includes a new section illustrating ... [more...]

the history of parking can be summed in the immortal words of that late-departed ... the car came, it saw, it conquered. or, as booth tarkington predicted in ... [more...]

architect william warner doesn't act like the robert moses of de-paving. with a wry wit, a self-effacing manner, and a devotion to urban detail, the ... [more...]

'new england is the american backdrop: everybody's hometown, the nation's ... from the old indian house and the boston waterfront to newport's mansions and ... [more...]

asphalt nation is a major work of urban studies that examines how the automobile ... the automobile was once seen as a boon to american life, eradicating the ... [more...]

jane holtz kay is an architecture/planning critic and writer on the built and ... the author of asphalt nation, preserving new england and lost boston, she is ... [more...]

an animated and practiced speaker, jane holtz kay has addressed audiences from ... as an author, architecture and planning critic, and speaker, she has broad ... [more...]

jane holtz kay's text provides a history of the rapid spread of the automobile ... demonstrating there are economic, political, architectural, and personal ... [more...]

'all paved over with no place to go' 'uncloaking the romance of flying: the enervated air age' 'let's take a stroll, you and i' 'car culture's excess rolls toward ... [more...]