A European book in the making.
Every district, every city, every neighbourhood is a world of its own. Whoever truly knows a city should show it to us.
One place.
One person.
One story.
The first finds · Vienna
Probably my favourite discovery outside 1010, and an ideal candidate when the edition soon grows westwards, to 1070 and 1080. An absolutely wonderful corner grocer on Lerchenfelder Straße 55. Such a broad and deep range in such a small space is…
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Until about three years ago I lived right next door, in Renzo Piano’s towers. And loved it. One of the reasons I still love coming back here is this bar.
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I have been here so many times, and every evening has stayed with me. On the Day of Friendship in 2015, for example, I had my first date here with my (ex-)husband.
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It begins with love. Then it hurts terribly. Whoever keeps kindness and dignity through it keeps the chance that it ends with love. Intact.
The thread of the book ↗edition.city
AI comes along as the footnotes. It sorts, it checks, it cites. It invents nothing and writes none of my stories. If it ever voices a role, as in the trailer, we say so. It only takes on a real person’s voice with their consent.
How this book is made ↗The workshop is open.
Do you know a place, a person or a product that deserves a story? Or would you like to join edition.city as a partner? Write to me.
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