Book Report: Green Metropolis
January is the cruelest month when it comes to reading. Books from both Christmas and my birthday vie for time and attention like so many petulant, raucous children. David Owen’s Green Metropolis has been a source of some amusement and entertainment for me and I recommend it to anyone looking at the green buildings market. The gist of Owen’s book is simple, the entire world would be better off living in Manhattan. Baring that, they should at least live as those in Manhattan do, stacked on top of each other in high-rise apartments within easy walking distance of shops, offices and restaurants. Perhaps this is the conclusion any staff writer for The New Yorker might arrive at.
20 January 2010•5 mins read
