[.ca] The Big Dig (ISBN 0760723079)

Not much information:
I am a tour guide in Boston so I rushed out to buy this book. It has many photos of construction workers and underground work on The Big Dig. I was disappointed in the book. All this information can be obtained on the Internet.

KERASIOTES MUST GO:
Dr. Bananamore endured a traffic nightmare when he last visited Boston. And Quincy Market doesn't even have any good oddball stores anymore. Where did the pig store go? It's all just a bunch of expensive fashion retailers. Not even a Cuthbert's, Inc. Scrod Bananamore left the city entirely due to its inhospitality. Be gone, Kerasiotes. Haven't you done enough already?

Good Book:
I just finished reading this book and I was pretty impressed. I am a civil engineering student and of course am interested in projects like the Big Dig. This book is a pretty easy read: the text is big and the sentence structure is simple. However, it is a very informative book and explains the project in terms that anyone could understand. I think it would be hard to read this book without going to Boston and seeing the construction site as the pictures are somewhat hard to follow. Other than that, a good book!

A terrific book:
I don't love the Big Dig (does anyone?) but I love this book. It actually explains the project that's been holding us hostage for so long.And you don't need an engineering degree to understand it. Now that the bridge is almost finished and we can see what the city's new skyline will be like, people are getting more excited about what's going on. This book, which shows what's been going on for the past 10plus years, shows how we've gotten to where we are. It's worth it just for the pictures. I'll never look at the Big Dig in the same way again.

A Nice Visualization:
This is a nice piece of documentary photography to own. One can only wish that Andy Ryan had done the photos for its much weaker companion book, The Big Dig at Night. Buy this one for sure. If the other isn't on the remainder tables by now, it will be.