…a fascinating overview of New York City’s technological and social infrastructures.—Journal of Architectural Education—
Gandy has pieced together a fascinating environmental history of New York.
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Publishers Weekly—
Concrete and Clay is a towering achievement and a wonderful addition to the literature on the urban environment.
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Ari Kelman,
American Studies—
Gandy deftly and provocatively connects issue of health, politics, economics, and urbanology in a compulsively readable and illuminating cultural analysis.
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Publishers Weekly—