TY  - BOOK
AU  - Marron,Catie
TI  - City squares: eighteen writers on the spirit and significance of squares around the world 
SN  - 9780062380203 (hardcover)
AV  - HT185 .C578 2016
U1  - 909.09732 
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Paris
PB  - Harper
KW  - Public spaces
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Plazas
KW  - City planning
KW  - Sociology, Urban
KW  - fast
N1  - "With 93 photographs"--Dust jacket; Includes bibliographical references; Introduction / Catie Marron --; Part 1; Culture : power of the place; Introduction; Michael Kimmelman; Maidan-e-Pompa, Kabul : resisting the square; Rory Stewart; Place des Vosges, Paris : a private place; Adam Gopnik; Red Square, Moscow, Grand Market Square, Kraków : the past is always present; Anne Applebaum; Squares of Rome and Venice : the shadow of ideas : Circles and squares; Zadie Smith; Djemaa el-Fnaa, Marrakech : engaging with complexity and diversity; David Adjaye --; Part 2; Geopolitics : strength in numbers; Introduction; David Remnick; Tahrir Square, Cairo : lost and found in the Square; Jehane Noujaim; Rabin Square, Tel Aviv : so empty, so loud; Ari Shavit; Taksim Square, Istanbul : Byzantine, then and now; Elif Shafak; Tiananmen Square, Beijing : in search of heavenly peace; Evan Osnos; Euromaidan, Kiev : a place becomes a movement; Chrystia Freeland --; Part 3; History : influence on humanity; Introduction; George Packer; Grand Parade, Cape Town : a speech for the ages; Richard Stengel; Residential squares, London : a meander through splendor and squalor; Andrew Roberts; Zócalo, Mexico City : on sacred ground; Alma Guillermoprieto; Harvard Square, Boston : a city changes, its heart endures; Ann Beattie; The virtual square : Hacker Square; Gillian Tett
N2  - "In this important collection, eighteen renowned writers, including David Remnick, Zadie Smith, Rebecca Skloot, Rory Stewart, and Adam Gopnik evoke the spirit and history of some of the world{u2019}s most recognized and significant city squares, accompanied by illustrations from equally distinguished photographers. Over half of the world{u2019}s citizens now live in cities, and this number is rapidly growing. At the heart of these municipalities is the square{u2014}the defining urban public space since the dawn of democracy in Ancient Greece. Each square stands for a larger theme in history: cultural, geopolitical, anthropological, or architectural, and each of the eighteen luminary writers has contributed his or her own innate talent, prodigious research, and local knowledge"--Amazon.com
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