Contested City Book Launch

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<DIV><SPAN>Join urbanist, artist, and New School professor <STRONG>Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani</STRONG> to celebrate the launch of her book </SPAN><EM><SPAN CLASS="il">Contested</SPAN> <SPAN CLASS="il">City</SPAN>: Art and Public History as Mediation at New York’s Seward Park Urban Renewal Area</EM><SPAN>. </SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN>Revealing the untold stories of fifty years of community activism at the controversial Seward Park Urban Renewal Area on New York’s Lower East Side — now the site of the mega-development Essex Crossing — </SPAN><EM><SPAN CLASS="il">Contested</SPAN> <SPAN CLASS="il">City</SPAN></EM><SPAN> sheds light on the importance of collaborative creative public projects in this complex place. Bridging art, design, activism, and urban history, this is a book for everyone who seeks to make their own <SPAN CLASS="il">city</SPAN> more just. </SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN>Ada Calhoun, author of </SPAN><EM>St. Marks Is Dead</EM><SPAN>, says of </SPAN><EM><SPAN CLASS="il">Contested</SPAN> <SPAN CLASS="il">City</SPAN></EM><SPAN>: “This underdeveloped piece of downtown Manhattan has long confounded New Yorkers. With scholarly rigor and deep respect for community, Dr. Bendiner-Viani uncovers its secrets at last. Her research has resonance for controversial ‘urban renewal’ projects everywhere.”</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>The evening will feature a presentation by Gabrielle, along with reflections from her long-time collaborators Damaris Reyes, Executive Director of GOLES (Good Old Lower East Side) and Tito Delgado, former SPURA resident and SPARC member. Join us for the conversation, the book-signing, and the celebration of the past and future of the Seward Park Urban Renewal Area. </STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><EM>This event is sponsored by the Urban Studies department at The New School.</EM></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN>For more on the book:</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><A HREF="http://www.contestedcitybook.com/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">www.contestedcitybook.com</A></DIV>
<DIV><A HREF="https://www.wnyc.org/story/50-year-fight-affordable-housing-genesis-20-murderville/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Listen</A><SPAN> to Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani interviewed about </SPAN><EM><SPAN CLASS="il">Contested</SPAN> <SPAN CLASS="il">City</SPAN></EM><SPAN> on WNYC’s All of It with Alison Stewart</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN>For review copies/media inquiries, contact Allison T Means, University of Iowa Press: </SPAN><A HREF="mailto:allison-means@uiowa.edu" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">allison-means@uiowa.edu</A></DIV>

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