[PDF.59jc] Too High and Too Steep: Reshaping Seattle's Topography

Too High and Too Steep: Reshaping Seattle's Topography

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 | #252384 in Books |  2015-08-24 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.30 x.90 x6.30l,.0 | File type: PDF | 253 pages

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||3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| Yesterday, today, and tomorrow--living with Seattle's topography.|By Polly Aird|I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Williams has an excellent knowledge of Seattle and its history and understands topography. It is fascinating to see how Young Seattle took it upon itself to become a functioning and successful city. And we are still doing it--with a new seawall and Bertha digging the| ||Williams does a marvelous job of evoking the cityscape that used to be. He clues us in to the spirit of civic ambition that drove Seattle's geographical transformations. He methodically chronicles the stages by which its regrade, canal and landfill projects w

Residents and visitors in today's Seattle would barely recognize the landscape that its founding settlers first encountered. As the city grew, its leaders and inhabitants dramatically altered its topography to accommodate their changing visions. In Too High and Too Steep, David B. Williams uses his deep knowledge of Seattle, scientific background, and extensive research and interviews to illuminate the physical challenges and sometimes startling hubris of these la...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Too High and Too Steep: Reshaping Seattle's Topography   |  David B Williams. I really enjoyed this book and have already told so many people about it!

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