Libraries, Public Space and Democratic Values | Vickery Bowles & Tommi Laitio

What’s at stake when cities undervalue their public spaces? How is library public space in particular critical to urban environments? What does it mean for a library to be a place for everyone in a divided city? Award-winning urbanist Tommi Laitio speaks with TPL’s City Librarian Vickery Bowles about the important role played by libraries in the stewardship of public space.
Recorded on May 27, 2024 at the Toronto Reference Library, this event is part of a series exploring what's at stake when intellectual freedom is threatened. www.tpl.ca/ats...