LOVE by Jonathan Rentschler_Signed

Publisher : PARADIGM Edition : First Edition, First Print First edition of 400 Signed Year : 2017 176 pages, 117 photographs, 8.25” x 11” Hardcover Duotone offset printing Printed in Iceland ISBN: 978-0-9986061-0-1   LOVE follows the last generation of LOVE Park inhabitants and reveals life as it was within this notorious urban plaza. The images, gathered over a three-year span, tell the story of a deeply rooted community shadowed by a police state and a biased city government. Ultimately the victim of urban revitalization, the park closed in February 2016 for a $16 million complete renovation. But the diehard locals refused to leave, continuing to skate the plaza even as it turned to rubble. In the end, LOVE is a narrative about loss. LOVE Park (1965-2016), also known as John F. Kennedy Plaza, was located in the center of Philadelphia. Architect Vincent Kling drafted the mid-century urban design, which was then implemented by city planner Edmund Bacon. Although it was not designed fo