Guess what, we’re moving it outdoors. Same address, in our backyard. It’s big and charming with twinkly lights and trees and old Brooklyn laundry lines and rats. We can also hold more people. We still had a waitlist so I can’t open up more tickets but you may FORM AN ORDERLY STANDBY LINE OUTSIDE OUR FRONT DOOR and as long as you’re not all presumptuous about it, at 5:51PM we’ll see how much room there is and let however many in we can. $10 at the door, cash or card. Doors close and talk starts 6:01PM. DRESS WARMLY or prepare to CUDDLE.

Comma,
Jacob Ford
Director of Stuff & Things
The City Reliquary

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There was the City Beautiful. Then the City Efficient. Now we live in the inspirational alleys and carefully-maintained grit of the City Authentic. Why haven't you heard of it? ❝No one uses the term the City Authentic yet. I made it up to describe a phenomenon that has only grown since I started writing this book amid the pandemic and its concomitant economic impacts,❞ says David A. Banks. ❝It is the crucial concept that everyone is trying to shoehorn into their development projects.❞

Come hang out in a museum dedicated to Old New York and have a cozy little chat about living in cities with author David A. Banks, and special guests Brace Beldon & Liz Franczak from the most dangerous podcast: TRUE ANON.

David A. Banks is a lecturer at the University at Albany, SUNY and is the author of The City Authentic: How the Attention Economy Builds Urban America. His writing has also appeared in Real Life (RIP), The Baffler, Protean, Strikewave, The Guardian, e-flux architecture, Insider, DeZeen, and Dwell. He’s also been on yours and his favorite podcast—TrueAnon—twice (episodes 248 & 287).

Liz Franczak and Brace Beldon are the co-hosts of the podcast TrueAnon.

Event will be a mix of folding chairs and standing room, in our creaky old little back room. We may move outdoors to the backyard to fit more people, if there's demand and the weather's nice. Beer & soda available by donation to the museum. Books for sale afterward, or bring your own copy.

Questions? Email Jacob Ford: j@cobford.com.