Setting the stage: the social lives of urban landscapes / Chris Reed -- Los Angeles, California -- On edge / Mimi Zeiger -- Galveston, Texas -- St. Louis, Missouri -- Crossing the line: reflections of spatial activism in a city of division / De Nichols -- Green Bay, Wisconsin -- Ann Arbor, Michigan -- Appearance and (aesthetic) experience: the ongoing project of Stoss / Julia Czerniak -- Detroit, Michigan -- Feeling the heat: transforming cities for healthy climate resilience / Nina-Marie Lister -- Boston, Massachusetts -- What was, what is, and what ought to be: three reflections on the relationship between photography and design / Sarah Zewde. "Mise-en-Scène is an immersive exploration of the social lives of urban landscapes--the actors and actions that compose the daily theater of urban life. Conceived as a unique collaboration between an urbanist, Chris Reed, and a photographer, Mike Belleme, the book combines photo essays, original maps and drawings, newly commissioned essays, excerpts from historical writings, and interviews with residents. The book is centered around seven visual case studies depicting life in seven American cities: Los Angeles, Galveston, St. Louis, Green Bay, Ann Arbor, Detroit, and Boston. The result is a rigorous and artful examination of the social, cultural, environmental, and economic challenges of life in American cities today."--Publisher description
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