Really enjoying "A History of Future Cities" (thx @devonzuegel):https://www.amazon.com/dp/0393348865
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Makes me realize how broadly interesting "city startup" genre is. E.g. https://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Big-R-Gottlieb/dp/0399117660 …, https://www.amazon.com/Third-World-First-Singapore-1965-2000/dp/0060197765 …, both great.
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Replying to @patrickc @devonzuegel
I always thought of city development as organic and emergent but list of counterexamples is surprisingly long.
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For a particularly interesting example, see Kyoto, which has a very, very old planned grid. (You might enjoy: https://www.amazon.com/Making-Urban-Japan-Institute-Routledge/dp/0415354226 … )
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