No Free Parking - The Curious History of London's Monopoly Streets

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Nicholas Boys Smith founded and runs the London-based social enterprise Create Streets, chairs the Office for Place and is an influential writer on the design and history of our towns and cities whose research, writing and presentations have been widely praised.

He read history at Cambridge where he took a double first and an MPhil with distinction. He has lectured internationally, written for the Spectator, Evening Standard, Times, Sunday Times, Telegraph and Guardian, and been interviewed across TV and radio. He is, of course, a Londoner.

Zusammenfassung

A new history of London, framed through its Monopoly streets and the colourful stories behind them.

Vorwort

A new history of London, framed through its Monopoly streets and the colourful stories behind them.

'Great fun - streets are the forgotten Cinderellas of our cities. At last, someone is taking them seriously' - Sir Simon Jenkins

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Nicholas Boys Smith, Smith Nicholas Boys
• Verlag: John Blake Publishing Ltd
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 10.11.2022
• EAN: 9781789465389
• ISBN: 978-1-78946-538-9
• Seiten: 352
• Abmessung: 224 mm x 144 mm x 35 mm
• Gewicht: 484 g
• Themen: Ratgeber > Hobby, Haus > Spielen, Raten; Central London, ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Public, Commercial & Industrial, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, City & town planning - architectural aspects, Local History, History of Architecture, Board, table top and strategy games, Board Games, GAMES & ACTIVITIES / Board Games