The City of Our Dreaming

The third annual Alchemy Lecture at York University features insights from four distinguished alchemists who explore innovative ideas about shaping cities to meet community needs. Their diverse perspectives—from buoyant urban models and fostering radical kinship to dreaming of Black emancipation and collective resilience—offer thought-provoking visions for reimagining urban life. Captured in these pages, their lectures serve as inspiring calls for new architectures and infrastructures that promote freedom, shared sustenance, and communal bonds.