Great first pages. Three G.K. Chesterton quotes, mentions of the human scale, and walker's paradise: Charleston Fancy by Witold Rybczynski, 2019. 
“The builders who create—and preserve—a city’s everyday fabric are as important as the founders, for it is continuity that is the key to effective city building: the efforts of successive generations, sharing an affection for the place—and for what has gone before.” — Rybczynski
“Single houses are narrow two-story buildings—a single room wide—with gable end facing the street, and a side yard overlooked by piazzas, or verandas, on both floors. This arrangement allows cross ventilation, which suits the hot climate, and is adaptable to a variety of sizes.”
