As part of the Norwood Sustainability Series, the Morrill Memorial Library is honored to host Henry Grabar, author of Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World, on Wednesday, October 18 at 7:00pm in the Simoni Room.

Join us this evening to learn about how the pursuit of free parking came to dominate local politics, architecture, and the environment--and what we can do about it.

About the author: Henry Grabar is a journalist who writes about cities. He’s a Loeb Fellow at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design and a staff writer at Slate. His work has also appeared in 99 Percent Invisible, Architect, The Atlantic, Decoder Ring, The Guardian, Harper’s, The Wall Street Journal, and other publications. He has discussed these subjects on television and radio, and before audiences at New America, the National Press Foundation, and various conferences, libraries, and classrooms. He was the editor of The Future of Transportation anthology (Metropolis Books, 2019), and is the author of Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World, which was published in May 2023 by Penguin Press. Learn more about Henry HERE.

Registration is required, as space is limited. Register to attend by filling out the form below or by calling 781-769-0200 x2. Many thanks to Norwood Community Media, who is partnering with us to bring this program to a wider audience.

This program is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency, through its FY24 Festivals & Projects Grant Program. Mass Cultural Council funds reach every community in the Commonwealth. Its mission is to promote excellence, education, access and diversity in the arts, humanities and sciences, to improve the quality of life for all Massachusetts residents and contribute to the vitality of our communities and economy.