Summary
Contributor Jane Holtz Kay describes what makes a city such as Boston "wear well": the casual, congenial mingling of a wildly diverse set of residents, the one-of-a-kind restaurants and shops, the ease of hopping a bus or subway. In a celebration of urban gardens, Kristin Brennan shows how growing vegetables transformed a Boston neighborhood, reclaimed polluted land, and taught kids that carrots can taste better than potato chips. And Ken Avidor's pointed cartoons use characters like Anger Man, a wasteful consumer, and Roadkill Bill, a frequently run-over rodent, to provoke both laughter and embarrassment at our carbased society.
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A City We Can Live With
If you're reading this in a café within walking distance of work and home, and there's a park or gr...
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