"Architectural historian Amy Thomas covers every inch of the Square Mile in a study that ranges from macro urban planning, through the street & alleys, right down to the detail of desks designed to facilitate the changing needs of workplace interiors. Throughout, Thomas' rich & clever use of archive images propels the research." --Recessed Space "Thomas presents a wealth of noteworthy detail, ranging from the urban, form-shaping requirement that the head office of all members of The Bankers Clearing House be within a five-minute walk, to the efforts that went into balancing tradition and evolving technologies when redesigning the underwriters' boxes (the café booth-like tables at which underwriters worked). A valuable resource for advanced students in history, planning, real estate, finance, urban design, architecture, and public administration." --Choice "[ The City in the City ] is seriously smart and forces the reader to engage with the sorts of architecture and design that less enterprising and original writers have tended to pass over in silence--or worse. It is by no means an attempt to defend the City's architecture; indeed, it is highly critical of much of what was done. It does, however, encourage us to think about it properly, perhaps for the first time." --Literary Review "A sprawling yet comprehensive history of the changing urban planning, infrastructure, architecture and interior design of the post-war Square Mile.

" --C20 Magazine "Kaleidoscopic and meticulously researched. Filled with a rich array of overlapping episodes with as many characters, twists, and subplots as one might find in a Victorian novel." --Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians "Thomas has produced a detailed, deeply researched and highly engaging account at the intersection of architectural, political, social and economic change." --Architectural Theory Review "Amy Thomas's magisterial new book, The City in the City: Architecture and Change in London's Financial District , will undoubtedly give a boost to the renewed engagement of architectural historians with the political economy of capitalism." -- Architecture Beyond Europe.