the city creative

May 12

Introducing CAMi

David Schalliol

I’ve been following the Indianapolis arts group Big Car Collaborative since 2010, when I met co-founders Jim Walker and Shauta Marsh in what was then the up-and-coming neighborhood of Fountain Square. Ever since, I’ve regularly checked in with them as they moved around the city, activating disused...

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May 01

New Book: The City Creative

David Schalliol

I am thrilled to announce that my new book with Michael Carriere, The City Creative: The Rise of Urban Placemaking in Contemporary America, was published by The University of Chicago Press in April 2021. Michael and I started working on this long-term study in the immediate aftermath of the Great...

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