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Month: June 2020

From Ancient Rome to Pandemica Alfresco

Before Pandemica, the universal city that I introduced here a few days ago, there was the Roman military camp, the castrum, and its constituent crossroads…

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Guess What? We Will Always Write About Cities

For many, the pandemic has been a catalyst to compare the urban life that was to what it now seems to be. Yet, that is…

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Change is Relative

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A Manifesto for Equity Street in Pandemica

We all live in the city of Pandemica. With apologies to Italo Calvino, it is time to reconsider a current “road closed” image of historic…

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Hilltowns as Icons Anew

Ten years ago, I wrote a short, inspirational piece about hill towns. Yesterday, as I regarded the still-noticeable configuration of Richmond upon Thames–rising up to…

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This Too Shall Pass

In Urbanism Without Effort, I wrote that storefronts have always made the city. One reason is the messages they communicate, which is why blank walls…

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Mougins in Winter

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There’s Still a Place for a Metaphor

In England, a simple urban view is a regular contrast to the views that I saw while growing up. The latter showed a built environment…

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Pandemic Theatre

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Exploring the Sense-Based City of Change

In mid-May, I began Sustaining Place with an explanation of why and how to document emergence from lockdown in May and June. From a London…

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