{"product_id":"rage-in-harlem-june-jordan-and-architecture-paperback","title":"Rage in Harlem: June Jordan and Architecture - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNikil Saval\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSarah M. Whiting\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePennsylvania State Senator Nikil Saval tells the story of an unlikely partnership between June Jordan and R. Buckminster Fuller, and their attempt to reimagine Harlem in the wake of the 1964 riots.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the tense days leading up to the 2020 American elections, then-candidate for Pennsylvania State Senate Nikil Saval addressed a virtual audience at the Harvard GSD to tell a story about Black feminist writer June Jordan and a little-known project that resulted from the aftermath of the 1964 Harlem riot. The events of police brutality and community grieving made a lasting impression on Jordan, who, while known for her work as a poet, playwright, and activist, responded with a proposal for a multiple-tower housing design. Through an unlikely partnership with R. Buckminster Fuller, Jordan's \"Skyrise for Harlem\" project offered a Futuristic vision for Harlem that argued for environmental redesign: \"it is architecture, conceived of in its fullest meaning as the creation of environment, which may actually determine the pace, pattern, and quality of living experience.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJordan was not an architect in the conventional sense, Saval says. \"But in the understanding of someone who sought to propose and build interventions in public space, she was.\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNikil Saval is an editor, writer, and community organizer. He was co-editor of \u003ci\u003en+1\u003c\/i\u003e and a contributing writer for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, and is a frequent writer for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, covering architecture, urbanism, and design. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eCubed: A Secret History of the Workplace\u003c\/i\u003e, and he is currently working on a book titled \u003ci\u003eEverything is Architecture\u003c\/i\u003e, a study of the politics of industrial design. He co-founded Reclaim Philadelphia, a progressive organization, and is the first Asian American to be elected Democratic ward leader in Philadelphia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7 x 4.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 04, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51748168204576,"sku":"9783956796296","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/2702ad24904a1488c0375cfcc385ae61.webp?v=1779905632","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/rage-in-harlem-june-jordan-and-architecture-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}