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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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The City That Shouldn't Exist: True Stories of Visionary Cities That Nearly Collapsed Before They Began

The City That Shouldn't Exist: True Stories of Visionary Cities That Nearly Collapsed Before They Began

Kirui, Emmanuel

Paperback

General World HistoryHistoriographyRevolutionary Period (1775-1800)

ISBN13: 9798245864983
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jan 29 2026
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.67
Height: 0.72 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

They were built on frozen swamps, malarial marshes, and sheer hubris.

Most of the world's iconic cities grew naturally over centuries. But a select few were born from audacious dreams and forced into existence against impossible odds.

The City That Shouldn't Exist takes you inside the astonishing true stories of urban experiments that nearly failed before they began. From the surreal rise of Brasília in the remote Brazilian wilderness to the foundation of St. Petersburg on piles of corpses in a frozen wasteland, these are the narratives of the places that defied fate.

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