Shifting circumstances and the introduction of digital technologies have outrun traditional typological definitions of urban public spaces such as plazas, squares and parks. The digital age has elicited a new level of blindness and unconscious living within the city or, in Walter Benjamin’s ...

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The traditional American city, which flourished from about 1870 to 1950, is often perceived as an ideal site of vibrant public space and democratic interactions, in sharp contrast to contemporary suburbia which is seen as emblematic of both exclusionary practices and excessive consumption...

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