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Chitown Kev

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4. Even Jane Jacobs was talking about this in

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Wed Mar 30, 2016, 07:46 PM

Mar 2016

The Death and Life of Great American Cities

Of course, there are other dimensions to this that the author doesn't even go into: who (in America, at any rate) is moving into these spaces...to what extent are these spaces being commodified, etc...

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The Craving for Public Squares [View all] Chitown Kev Mar 2016 OP

But, people would MEET and TALK there.... Baobab Mar 2016 #1

Even Jane Jacobs was talking about this in Chitown Kev Mar 2016 #4

Naomi Klein's excellent "No Logo" talks about the loss of public squares arcane1 Mar 2016 #2

I'd have to check out that bit by Naomi Klein Chitown Kev Mar 2016 #3