The City That Sold Itself To Wall Street

Cautionary Tales | 1 September 2023 | 0h 38m | Listen Later | Podcasts | Spotify
First tells the cautionary tale, from Henry Grabar’s book, Paved Paradise, of what went wrong when the Chicago City Council leased its parking meters to Morgan Stanley. Then finishes with an interview with Grabar about the wider lessons on why parking is such an emotive issue for so many people.

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Parking: How It Explains the World

The Next Big Idea | 29 June 2023 | 1h 09m | Listen Later | Podcasts | Spotify
Interview with Henry Grabar about his book Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World. Discusses how policies intended to make parking free and convenient have exacerbated the worst problems of city life, especially housing affordability.

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