Messy Cities: Why We Can't Plan Everything Book Launch

Please join us for the launch of Messy Cities: Why We Can't Plan Everything.

Can messiness make our cities more liveable, lively, and inclusive?

Join us for a discussion with editors Zahra Ebrahim, Dylan Reid, Leslie Woo, and John Lorinc.

Crowded streets, sidewalk vendors, jumbled architecture, constant clamour, graffitied walls, parks gone wild: are these signs of a poorly managed city or indicators of urban vitality? Messy Cities: Why We Can’t Plan Everything argues that spontaneity and urban workarounds are not liabilities but essential elements in all thriving cities. Forty-three essays by a range of writers from around the world illuminate the role of messy urbanism in enabling creativity, enterprise, and grassroots initiatives to flourish within dense modern cities.

Books will be for sale from Coach House Books.

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