{"product_id":"the-cities-we-need-essential-stories-of-everyday-places-hardcover","title":"The Cities We Need: Essential Stories of Everyday Places - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGabrielle Bendiner-Viani\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn expressive book of prose and photographs that reveals the powerful ways our everyday places support our shared belonging.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhere would you take someone on a guided tour of your neighborhood? In \u003ci\u003eThe Cities We Need\u003c\/i\u003e, photographer and urbanist Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani introduces us to the complex, political, and eminently personable stories of residents who answered this question in Brooklyn, New York, and Oakland, California. Their universal stories and Bendiner-Viani's evocative images illuminate what's at stake in our everyday places--from diners to churches to donut shops. In this culmination of two decades of research and art practice, Bendiner-Viani intertwines the personal, historical, and photographic to present us with \u003ci\u003eplacework\u003c\/i\u003e, the way that unassuming places foster a sense of belonging and, in fact, do the essential work of helping us become communities. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this unique book, Bendiner-Viani makes visible how seemingly unimportant places can lay the foundation for a functional interconnected society, so necessary for both public health and social justice. \u003ci\u003eThe Cities We Need\u003c\/i\u003e explores both what we gain in these spaces and what we risk losing as they are threatened by gentrification, large-scale development, and most recently the COVID-19 pandemic. Ultimately, Bendiner-Viani shows us how to understand ourselves as part of a shared society, with a shared fate; she shows us that everyday places can be the spaces of liberation in which we can build the cities we need.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGabrielle Bendiner-Viani is a visual urbanist and cofounder of the interdisciplinary studio Buscada. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eContested City\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist and honoree for the Brendan Gill Award. A widely exhibited photographer, she holds a doctorate in environmental psychology from the Graduate Center, CUNY.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9.1 x 7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 27, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52726134964531,"sku":"9780262049030","price":46.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/lwUOnCQzNK9780262049030.webp?v=1763729821","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-cities-we-need-essential-stories-of-everyday-places-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}