Lately, after a very long time, at last I´ve could taste the interesting book "Rats" by Robert Sullivan, subtitled "Observations
on the History and Habitat of the City's Most Unwanted Inhabitants".
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In some of its chapters, author does an enjoyable and engaging job of urban archeology as-easy, making a tour of the intrahistory of New York. All with the excuse of a study, a taking-scene of the "others" urban dwellers: city rats, a kind of nemesis of our society and yet as urban as mankind.
These
stratigraphies of
infestation are wonderfully horrifying —but also perfectly and
immediately
available to the architect and urban planner as practical design
challenges. The way one deal with “what was on the maps”, as Sullivan
phrases it, while at
the same time designing a pest-unfriendly metropolis.
So someone has said about this book: "Rats,
Sure, But Mostly Humans". And I could add: "The tale of a city".
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