Hip-hop was born in the city - a cultural product of its socioeconomic time.
Now, what first took shape as a music genre a half-century ago, and what it has inspired since, has something to say about cities today - and what cities can be.
Bruzenskey Bois is a real estate investor and developer in Tampa, Florida.
A few years ago, Bruzenskey - a first-generation Haitian American - joined People Places, a real estate development company.
He manages more than six million dollars in commercial and multifamily real estate assets.
Next week, Bruzenskey will visit Chattanooga - as the first speaker in this fall’s CIVIQ series presented by Chattanooga Design Studio.
His talk - “Hip Hop is New Urbanism” - is on Thursday, September 29th at Waterhouse Pavilion in Miller Plaza, starting at 5:30 PM.
I spoke with Bruzenskey - and the Studio’s David Chalker.
More information about Bruzenskey Bois at CIVIQ next week is available at the Chattanooga Design Studio’s website, chattanoogastudio.com - and on eventbrite.com.