Kageyama explores the emotional connection between citizens and their cities, honing in on how the human heart plays a role in economic, social adn community development. Drawing on examples from New Orleans, Detroit, and Cleveland, the book includes stories about ordinary people doing extraordinary things in the wake of the vacuum left behind by dwindling public resources.
Kageyama was interviewed today on the Craig Fahle Show (listen here), on WDET. According to Kageyama, only 1% of the population are true "place lovers"; those who drive the agenda and invest their energies out of a true love of place.
"True love of place is kind of rare. ... People who love cities are projecting something of themselves into the city. They want to make meaning in the city, and they are also looking at it as a work of art, they are co-creating the city," he told Fahle.
Kageyama will also be present at the Rust Belt Artists Belt III Conference taking place in Detroit April 6.
