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Urbanism
Urbanism is the study of how inhabitants of urban areas, such as towns and cities, interact with the built environment.
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Urbanism is the most advanced, concrete fulfillment of a nightmare. Littre defines nightmare as 'a state that ends when one awakens with a start after extreme anxiety.' But a start against whom? Who has stuffed us to the point of somnolence?
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― The Situationists and the City: A Reader
― The Situationists and the City: A Reader
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To generate exuberant diversity in a city's streets and districts four conditions are indispensable:
1. The district, and indeed as many of its internal parts as possible, must serve more than one primary function; preferably more than two...
2. Most blocks must be short; that is, streets and opportunities to turn corners must be frequent.
3. The district must mingle buildings that vary in age and condition, including a good proportion of old ones so that they vary in the economic yield they
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― The Death and Life of Great American Cities
― The Death and Life of Great American Cities
Current and former Polco people talkiong about cities.
3 members,
last active one year ago
For Hunter MUP/MUPSL students and alumni. Share recs (preferably with some urban spin) and discu…more
24 members,
last active one year ago
A group for the exchange of books and ideas about cities.
8 members,
last active 15 years ago
