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    'Paved Paradise' explains why parking is both a local nuisance and a global blight

    "Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World" by Henry Grabar; Penguin Press (368 pages, $30) ——— You might expect a book about parking to be a snore. I did. I've tried to read a few in the public library. Didn't get far. But I have news to report. 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, ...
    by Russ Mitchell, Los Angeles Times May 17, 2023 5 minutes
    "Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World," by Henry Grabar.

    "Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World" by Henry Grabar; Penguin Press (368 pages, $30)

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    You might expect a book about parking to be a snore. I did. I've tried to read a few in the public library. Didn't get far.

    But I have news to report. 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. The protagonist — and the villain — is the car. The theme is our culture's propensity to value automobile ownership over almost everything else, and at a heavy cost.

    If you own a car, you've got to park it somewhere. If you live in or near a city — most. Roads and highways are only part of it.

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