Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani and her book “The Cities We Need: Essential Stories of Everyday Places"
What can a Brooklyn diner teach us about public space, belonging, and power?
Alumna @gabriellebv.bsky.social walked two neighborhoods for 20 years to find out www.gc.cuny.edu/news/citys-s... @buscada.bsky.social
Hands holding a copy of "The Cities We Need: Essential Stories of Everyday Places" by Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani. The cover is dark with with a black-and-white photograph of two people in a diner setting at the center.
"Refreshing, moving, and true-to-life. This book sets a new bar for holistic urban research."
@placesjournal.bsky.social includes "The Cities We Need" on their summer bookshelf: placesjournal.org/article/book... @gabriellebv.bsky.social
For @placesjournal.bsky.social I reviewed The Cites We Need by @gabriellebv.bsky.social ( @buscada.bsky.social )
This book sets a new bar for holistic urban research. As the author asks the reader, “What stories would you tell?”
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The cover of Gabrille Bendiner-Viani's "The Cities We Need: Essential Stories of Everyday Places" next to Prithi Kanakamedala's "Brooklynites."
Join authors Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani and Prithi Kanakamedala on Oct. 15th at the New York Public Library for a conversation about what it means to build freedom and belonging in place.
Link for details and registry: www.nypl.org/events/progr... @prithik.bsky.social @gabriellebv.bsky.social
Cities@Tufts welcomes author Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani this Wednesday, Oct. 29th, for a virtual talk! @gabriellebv.bsky.social will make visible how seemingly unimportant places can lay the foundation for a functional interconnected society, so necessary for public health & social justice. Register:
Honored to have my alma mater @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social interview me about my new book out now from @mitpress.bsky.social !
5 sketches of my favorite artists
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Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani
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“Where would you take someone on a guided tour of your neighborhood?” asks @gabriellebv.bsky.social in Cities We Need @mitpress.bsky.social
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Sneak peeks inside my new book, The Cities We Need: Essential Stories of Everyday Places, as well as podcasts, press, pictures and more, all here: buscada.com/projects/the...
Out now from @mitpress.bsky.social , wherever you get your books.
Book spines of several books including Libertie by Kaitlyn Greenidge, City Amplified Anthology with essays by Aady Sullivan and Maggie Schreiner, Women’s House of Detention by Hugh Ryan, Cities We Need by Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani, and Brooklynites by Prithi Kanakamedala stacked on a desk
a visually satisfying reading list 💜📚 Special Topics in Public Scholarship @liberalstudiesgc.bsky.social @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @prithik.bsky.social
📚Kaitlyn Greenidge,Sady Sullivan, Maggie Schreiner,Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani, @hughryan.bsky.social •guest lect Lauraberth Lima, Walis Johnson
A person holding a book open to a two page image spread of a Met Foods location.
Everyday spaces—often overlooked—play a critical role in shaping our personal identities and fostering meaningful connections. Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani illuminates what makes urban life special and the importance of preserving these spaces in her book, "The Cities We Need." https://buff.ly/3ZrKYqs