Marron , Catie <br/><br/>
City squares :  eighteen writers on the spirit and significance of squares around the world / 
Catie Marron. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - xiii, 287 pages :  illustrations (chiefly color) ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/> "With 93 photographs"--Dust jacket. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/> Culture : power of the place.  Introduction /  Maidan-e-Pompa, Kabul : resisting the square /  Place des Vosges, Paris : a private place /  Red Square, Moscow, Grand Market Square, Kraków : the past is always present /  Squares of Rome and Venice : the shadow of ideas : Circles and squares /  Djemaa el-Fnaa, Marrakech : engaging with complexity and diversity /  Geopolitics : strength in numbers.  Introduction /  Tahrir Square, Cairo : lost and found in the Square /  Rabin Square, Tel Aviv : so empty, so loud /  Taksim Square, Istanbul : Byzantine, then and now /  Tiananmen Square, Beijing : in search of heavenly peace /  Euromaidan, Kiev : a place becomes a movement /  History : influence on humanity.  Introduction /  Grand Parade, Cape Town : a speech for the ages /  Residential squares, London : a meander through splendor and squalor /  Zócalo, Mexico City : on sacred ground /  Harvard Square, Boston : a city changes, its heart endures /  The virtual square : Hacker Square /  Michael Kimmelman ;  Rory Stewart ;  Adam Gopnik ;  Anne Applebaum ;  Zadie Smith ;  David Adjaye --  David Remnick ;  Jehane Noujaim ;  Ari Shavit ;  Elif Shafak ;  Evan Osnos ;  Chrystia Freeland --  George Packer ;  Richard Stengel ;  Andrew Roberts ;  Alma Guillermoprieto ;  Ann Beattie ;  Gillian Tett.  Introduction / Catie Marron --  Part 1.  Part 2.  Part 3. 
<br/><br/> "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 worlds most recognized and significant city squares, accompanied by illustrations from equally distinguished photographers. Over half of the worlds citizens now live in cities, and this number is rapidly growing. At the heart of these municipalities is the squarethe 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780062380203 (hardcover) 0062380206 (hardcover) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2017385826 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Public spaces--Social aspects.<br/>Plazas--Social aspects.<br/>City planning--Social aspects.<br/>Sociology, Urban.<br/>City planning--Social aspects.<br/>Plazas--Social aspects.<br/>Public spaces--Social aspects.<br/>Sociology, Urban.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>307.76  / MAR