Places
The City at Walking Pace
Short walks through overlooked streets, public steps and small squares. An illustrated collection about what becomes visible when a journey has no need to be quick.
- Format
- Illustrated hardback
- Extent
- 192 pages
- Reading shelf
- Places
A bookseller note
Who might enjoy it?
For someone interested in streets, buildings and the ordinary details that give a place its character. The short chapters welcome dipping in.
Read a short passage below, or return to the shelves to compare the other books.
A short passage
A city changes size when you walk it. The station that seemed close on the map becomes a sequence of shop windows, a crossing with a long wait, the smell of bread from a door you have never noticed. Distance begins to have a texture. By the third turning, the route is no longer a line. It is a set of things you will remember.