A review by calville
Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life by Eric Klinenberg

4.0

If you heard the author interviewed on 99% Invisible, reading the book does not add a lot. I think the whole thing could have been a great magazine article, and probably should have been, because if you're a person who already loves libraries and other public spaces (like I am), you'll pretty much be convinced of his thesis at the end of the first chapter, and then the rest of the book is spent going, "Yup. Mmhmm. That's true. Couldn't agree more." So I think I would have gotten more out of the book if I were a library/park skeptic who needed to be convinced of their value.