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City squares : eighteen writers on the spirit and significance of squares around the world / Catie Marron.

By: Marron , CatieContributor(s): Marron, Catie [editor.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Harper, An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2016]Copyright date: 2016Edition: 1st edDescription: xiii, 287 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780062380203 (hardcover); 0062380206 (hardcover)Subject(s): Public spaces -- Social aspects | Plazas -- Social aspects | City planning -- Social aspects | Sociology, Urban | City planning -- Social aspects | Plazas -- Social aspects | Public spaces -- Social aspects | Sociology, UrbanDDC classification: 307.76
Contents:
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.
Summary: "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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"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.

"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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