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19th Century Urbanism in 2008
Released: Dec. 11, 2008
James Howard Kunstler joins host Duncan Crary for the Victorian Stroll in downtown Troy, NY. During this annual event, the city evicts the automobile from the streets and 21st century people discover how pleasurable it is to explore this 19th century urban fabric on foot. Kunstler believes events like this are rehearsal for the times ahead when Americans will be forced to re-inhabit their small cities and classic main-street towns.
Direct Download:
KunstlerCast_42.mp3
( 37 MB | 42 mins.)
INSTRUCTIONS: Hover your mouse over the Google Street View windows below. Click the arrows on the window to move up and down the street. Click the window to change your view. Double click to zoom in. Click the box in the right-hand corner for full screen view.
Note: You can change the camera view by grabbing the image with your mouse.
Start: 38 2nd St. Troy NY 12180
>>Head left (north)
>>Turn Right (northeast) onto River St.
>>Turn Right (south) onto 3rd St.
>>Continue (south) to State St.
>>Turn Right (west) on State St.
End
Points of interest from the show:
Market Block Books (corner of River Street and 3rd St.)
Frear’s Cash Bazaar/Uncle Sam Atrium (3rd St. across the street from Market Block Books)
Church with Louis Comfort Tiffany interior (3rd St. & State St)
Promo music featured in this episode courtesy of IODA Promonet:
Max Richter
“Berlin By Overnight” (mp3)
from “24 Postcards In Full Colour”
(Fat Cat Records)
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REVIEWS
“This book is indeed great fun. … However, Crary’s superior volume has the guts to truly grapple with the harsh realities shaping our times—realities that few dare discuss out in the open.”
“KunstlerCast is an easy read that you can dip into and out of at will”
— Peter Bane, Permaculture Activist Magazine (.pdf), February 2012
“For those of you wanting a good overview of Kunstler’s thinking and for those of you that want to share JHK with others but may fear being embarrassed by the sometimes ‘salty’ language he can use, this book is a great tool. The format is, by design, conversational. You can digest it in small bites or in large pieces. And the Kunstler world through Duncan’s eyes is not necessarily sanitized, but it is communicated in a way that I think will reach a broader audience.”
“The 320-page New Society Publishers offering was just released in paperback and is based on four years of weekly Kunstler riffs recorded by podcasting journalist Duncan Crary. In his introduction to the book, Crary professes to be merely a host, and sometimes a Kunstler foil, but the two upstate New Yorkers really are kindred intellects.”
—Ready to despair? ‘Doomer’ exhorts us to ‘grow up’, Jon Rutter Lancaster Sunday News, Nov. 12, 2011