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The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone, by Olivia Laing
Francesca Cocchiara and Nicole de Groot
Is loneliness the price to pay for living in a global city? There is a commonplace about the easiness of feeling isolated in urban environments tha…
– Cristiano Lippa and Fabiano Micocci"/>
A palimpsest of topographies: A comparative analysis of five urban sections
– Cristiano Lippa and Fabiano Micocci
Urban societies are increasingly complex global entities. According to Henri Lefebvre, such complexification can be roughly defined in spatial term…
– Anthony Maniscalco"/>
A little island on Pier 55: urban austerity and the eclipse of publicly made public space?
– Anthony Maniscalco
They say history is written by the winners. When public space is constructed and regulated at the behest of park conservancies, public-private part…
– Nina Margies"/>
From the emergence of urban lighting to a new culture of consumption: department stores and the public life of women
– Nina Margies
The first public lighting system that was centrally organised and legally standardised emerged in France at the end of the 17th century. It was…