American Urbanist Audiobook Libro.fm

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American Urbanist shares the life and wisdom of a man whose advocacy reshaped many of the places we know and love todayfrom New Yorks bustling Bryant Park to preserved forests and farmlands around the country William Holly Whytes experiences as a WWII intelligence officer and leader of the genredefining reporters at Fortune Magazine in the 1950s shaped his razorsharp assessments of how the world actually workednot how it was assumed to work His 1956 bestseller The Organization Man catapulted the dangers of groupthink and conformity into the national consciousness

Over his five decades of research and writing Hollys wideranging work changed how people thought about careers and companies cities and suburbs urban planning open space preservation and more He was part of the rising environmental movement helped spur change at the planning office of New York City and narrated two films about urban life in addition to writing six books No matter the topic Holly advocated for the decisionmakers to be people not just experts

This revealing biography offers a rare glimpse into the mind of an iconoclast whose healthy skepticism of the status quo can help guide our efforts to create the kinds of places we want to live in today