The Works – Anatomy of a City

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The Works is for anyone who has ever stopped mid crosswalk, looked at the rapidly moving metropolis around them, and wondered, how does this all work? Learn everything you ever wanted to know about what makes New York City run. When you put out your garbage, where does it go? When you flush your toilet, what happens to the waste? And what in the world is that steam coming out from underneath the potholes on the street? Across the city lies a series of extraordinarily complex and interconnected systems. Often invisible, and wholly taken for granted, these are the systems that make urban life possible
This book offers a cross section of this hidden infrastructure, using graphic images combined with short, clear text explanations to answer all the questions about the way things work in a modern city. It describes the technologies that keep the city functioning, as well as the people who support them.

By Kate Ascher. 10 x 8 inches. 240 pages. Soft Cover.