Networks Of New York

IngridBurrington is thepremierinfrastructure writer in America. <b>RossAndersen, Senior Technology Editor, <i>TheAtlantic</b> Burrington changed the way I see New York. From spray-painted symbols on the streets to cables cross-hatched underground, this book reveals the cryptic systems that structure city life. <b>Kate Crawford, MIT Center for Civic Media</b> Burrington shows us how to read the subtle clues within the urban landscape that reveal the geography of connectedness and she helps us understand the political and social implications of this infrastructure. I ll never look at a telecom manhole cover the same way again. <b>Lize Mogel, coeditor of<i>An Atlas of Radical Cartography </b> A playful, approachable handbook...its goal is to demystify components of New York City's physical internet: not only those spray-painted street messages, but also manhole covers, junction boxes, cable routers and entire buildings whose primary purpose is to do the hidden work of making a wired modern city run. <i><b>The Wall Street Journal</i> A naturalist style guide to what you can see of New York City s internet infrastructure...Anybody can see the objects and markings that Burrington points out...but after going through Burrington s book, they can understand better how they describe the way we keep in touch now. <i><b>The Observer </i> Allows you to see the spray paint, manhole covers and other markings that make up the tech network map. <i><b>Metro New York </i> A handy little book...that shares some of what Burrington has learned about the physicality of the internet simply by walking through the city and paying attention to what s going on underground, at the surface, and over our heads. <i><b>Inside Higher Ed</b></i>