num_pages: 228
description: A fascinating guided tour of the ways things work in a modern city“It's a rare person who won't find something of interest in  The Works , whether it's an explanation of how a street-sweeper works or the view of what's down a manhole.”   —New York PostHave you ever wondered how the water in your faucet gets there? Where your garbage goes? What the pipes under city streets do? How bananas from Ecuador get to your local market? Why radiators in apartment buildings clang? Using New York City as its point of reference, The Works takes readers down manholes and behind the scenes to explain exactly how an urban infrastructure operates. Deftly weaving text and graphics, author Kate Ascher explores the systems that manage water, traffic, sewage and garbage, subways, electricity, mail, and much more. Full of fascinating facts and anecdotes, The Works gives readers a unique glimpse at what lies behind and beneath urban life in the twenty-first century.
language: English
title: The Works: Anatomy of a City
titlecomplete: The Works: Anatomy of a City
genres: New York, Architecture, Design, Cities, Reference, Urban Studies, Science, Urbanism, Nonfiction, Urban Planning
ratings_count: 1490
publisher: Penguin Books