Contents // List of illustrations page ix // List of tables xii // Preface xiii // A note on vocabulary and units of measurement xvii // 1 Building bridges 1 // 2 The idea of progress 29 // 3 Surveying the city 52 // 4 Writing and picturing the city 80 // 5 Improving streets 113 // 6 Public spaces - practised places 144 // 7 Building suburbia 179 // 8 Consuming suburbia 206 // 9 Mansion flats and model dwellings 224 // 10 Geographies of downtown: office spaces 263 // 11 Geographies of downtown: the place of shopping 296 // 12 Networked cities 322 // Notes 351 // Bibliography 401 // Index 425 // vii