A search for beauty on dark, oily tarmac

From: International Herald Tribune | Date: October 25, 2007| Author: Mary Blume The New York Times Media Group | Copyright information


International Herald Tribune

10-25-2007

A search for beauty on dark, oily tarmac
Byline: Mary Blume The New York Times Media Group
Edition: 1
Section: FEATURES

LONDON --

Cars can indeed be lovable but how can anyone love the bleak oil- stained chunk of concrete called a parking garage? One person who does is Simon Henley who writes of their "mysterious inhumane beauty" in "The Architecture of Parking," a coffee-table history just publishe...

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