[HN Gopher] The architect who became the king of bank robberies
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The architect who became the king of bank robberies
Author : paulpauper
Score : 114 points
Date : 2022-08-20 03:58 UTC (19 hours ago)
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| larrydag wrote:
| Has Leslie's life been made into a movie? I would certainly watch
| it.
| InCityDreams wrote:
| Due to tme constraints, needing to be cost-effective etc,
| wouldnt a movie be sadly disappointing- especially as there are
| so very few movies that have succeeded depictng real-life
| characters, books etc.
|
| I feel I'd rather read a good synopsis rather than suffer 87
| minutes of rewritten boff.
|
| I'd also rather prefer a decent biography.
| scyzoryk_xyz wrote:
| A series would probably be even better - something like
| Breaking Bad in the 19th century
| mmahemoff wrote:
| I don't know, but Heist podcast covered it. They're always
| entertaining.
|
| https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/heist-podcast-episode-...
| rnk wrote:
| Interesting story, I enjoyed it. If you ever perused the MIT
| Guide to Lockpicking you'll probably find this story interesting.
| I would like to see another level of detail that talks about what
| challenges he faced in the various crimes.
| O__________O wrote:
| Noted in the footer of the story, but if you liked that content
| you're likely also going to enjoy the book, A Burglar's Guide to
| the City:
|
| https://www.amazon.com/Burglars-Guide-City-Geoff-Manaugh/dp/...
| Alekhine wrote:
| No, you likely won't. I read that book and personally found it
| extremely dull. It's just a series of anecdotes about some
| historical heists and some more about some time the author
| spent with the FBI's break-in team. The author is an
| architecture blogger, and I think he thought there was some
| profound insight into the nature of buildings we could glean
| from unconventional uses of them, but he never actually arrives
| at any kind of point. He just says "Hey! Look at these burglars
| cutting through walls and using fire escapes and roof entrances
| in ways they weren't intended! Isn't that cool? Wow, I bet we
| could learn something from this!"
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| The point of the book was to learn something from it. He
| didn't.
|
| I am on the market for books about heists and burglars in the
| 19th century. So far I have Ben McIntyre's _The Napoleon of
| Crime_ , about Adam Worth. If anyone else has recommendations,
| I would appreciate it.
| O__________O wrote:
| I read the book, familiar with the topic, met professionals
| similar to those mentioned in the book in real life, and
| would recommend it; both for knowledge of the topic and
| entertainment.
|
| What exactly are you hoping to find in a book? For what it's
| worth, read the excerpt on Amazon for the book you
| recommended and to me, seems like historical fiction with
| little to do on the actual topic itself; clearly it's an
| excerpt though.
|
| ---
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| Edit: Here's excerpt for "A Burglar's Guide to the City"that
| appears to be legal for anyone interested:
|
| https://www.scribd.com/document/311259914/A-Burglar-s-
| guide-...
| buffet_overflow wrote:
| I wouldn't say the book isn't enjoyable, but I agree the book
| alluded to a lot more specifics than it delivered. It's a fun
| but very surface level read in my opinion. The author
| certainly piqued my interest on the topic and I refer to it
| in casual conversation pretty frequently, but I also expected
| a bit more...technical depth out of it. Thanks for the book
| recommendation on the topic, I've been wondering how to
| follow the thread Burglar's Guide started.
| O__________O wrote:
| As a specific example of how the book opened my eyes to
| understanding architecture in a way I sure others have
| noticed, but never seen mentioned anywhere and is
| indirectly referenced in the excerpt I mentioned,
| commercial buildings frequently have "blueprints" right
| inside the front door called "fire alarm zone maps"; Google
| link below for examples:
|
| https://www.google.com/search?q=fire+alarm+zone+maps&tbm=is
| c...
|
| Other maps of comparable amounts of information include
| "fire evacuation maps" which are frequently on display in
| various areas depending on the type of building; Google
| link below for examples:
|
| https://www.google.com/search?q=fire+evacuation+maps&tbm=is
| c...
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| While neither are complete blueprints, the maps frequently
| have information that's not available; if you know what
| you're doing, you can frequently even get blueprints.
|
| To me, point of the book is introduce a way of thinking
| about architecture, not stay an update "how to guide" for
| physical security counter measures, red teams, etc.
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