Thomas J. Caponella is a fourth generation Brooklynite and the author of Brooklyn, the once and future city. "I couldn't believe how arrogant I'd been about what I thought I knew about the city," says Caponella. The book tells you so much about things that you it's not just what you think you know, he adds.
Michael Kimmelman has been the architecture critic of The New York Times since 2011, writing about cities, public space, infrastructure, community development, public housing, equity, and the environment. He joins to talk about his extraordinary career in journalism and his new book, “The Intimate City: Walking New York.”