My first surprise was the fact that the authors supplied no maps to locate the streets they were talking about. The book is useless for anyone intent on taking a walking tour because the entries are in alphabetical order meaning that there is no logical order for locating the streets on the ground by neighbourhood. Unless you already have a fairly good working knowledge of the city the book leaves you lost. In spite of this with a map of the city in hand the book gives you a sense of the history of the city and its constituent parts. Street names occur up to three times around the various former communities and no attempt by common council has been made to harmonize this confusion.
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