Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani
gabriellebv.bsky.social
Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani
@gabriellebv.bsky.social
Writer & photographer on cities📍#NYC
📖 The Cities We Need, MIT Press, 2024 // Brooklyn, NYC & Oakland, CA!
📚#ContestedCity , U Iowa Press, 2019 // the Lower East Side!
👋🏽co-founder @buscada.bsky.social
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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
June 9, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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"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
August 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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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?”

@mitpress.bsky.social

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Bookshelf: Summer 2025 | Book Reviews in Places Journal
A seasonal offering of brief reviews of recent books on architecture, landscapes, cities, and related subjects.
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August 19, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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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
October 10, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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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:
The Cities We Need: Essential Stories of Everyday Places
Join Cities@Tufts as we welcome Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani on Wednesday, 10/29 at noon ET!
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October 27, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Honored to have my alma mater @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social interview me about my new book out now from @mitpress.bsky.social !
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
June 9, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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March 21, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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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

Thank you for inviting @liberalstudiesgc.bsky.social students to share spaces in the @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social building that hold meaning for them 🏢
March 7, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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.
March 7, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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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
January 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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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
December 15, 2024 at 4:05 PM