![]() Everyone already knows how fundamentally the automobile has shaped our physical environment, the residents of Los Angeles County perhaps most of all. If you live in or near a city - most of us do - the consequences are all around you. If you own a car, you’ve got to park it somewhere. The theme is our culture’s propensity to value automobile ownership over almost everything else, and at a heavy cost. The protagonist - and the villain - is the car. Henry Grabar’s “ Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World” is not a slog it’s a romp, packed with tales of anger, violence, theft, lust, greed, political chicanery and transportation policy gone wrong. Didn’t get far.īut I have news to report. I’ve tried to read a few in the public library. You might expect a book about parking to be a snore. If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from, whose fees support independent bookstores. ![]() Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World ![]()
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