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"This is predictably one of the year's best coffee-table books about New Haven. But it is far more than ornamental. It combines nine well-written and scholarly essays by people who care for New Haven and have thought deeply about the vibrant century from just after the Civil War to just after World War II. The book is a project of the New Haven Preservation Trust; Editor Preston Maynard was once the trust's executive director. It is also linked to a municipal development plan at City Hall. it results from five years of collegial research among preservationists and planners who seek new 21st century uses for old factories emptied by age and de-industrialization. This handsome volume, with a bit of whimsy in its title but with a wealth of knowledge in the analysis of its contributing experts, also offers what summer book lists call 'a good read'. You can't say that about many other community renewal proposals."--New Haven Register
