The Ferguson Library will host Catie Marron, author of "City Squares: Eighteen Writers on the Spirit and Significance of Squares Around the World," on Monday, July 31 beginning at 6:30 p.m.
Marron will speak about the importance of public spaces in the first of a series of Community Catalyst Conversations on Livable Cities and Urban Planning. A book sale and signing will follow the talk. Click here to register.
Marron is currently chairman of the board of directors of Friends of the High Line, a trustee of The New York Public Library where she was chairman of the board for seven years, and a contributing editor of Vogue magazine.
"[City Squares is] Kaleidoscopic....A lively and stylishly illustrated collection, it's perfect for dipping into on a bench in Union Square, or with an aperitivo in the Campo de'Fiori," says the Financial Times
The Ferguson Library is located at 96 Broad Street in Stamford, Conn. For more information, call (203) 351-8243.
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