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" It is... extremely important to recognize that for considerably complicated reasons, many adults either don't want to become involved in any friendship-relationships at all with their neighbors, or, if they do succumb to the need of some form of society, they strictly limit themselves to one or two friends, and no more. "
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" One of the most striking features of the cities of the Middle East and North Africa, certainly during medieval times but to some extent persisting feebly to this day in the older residential quarters, is its subdivision into smaller quarters whose approximate boundaries remain relatively constant over time and whose names continue to be employed as important referential terms, even when they do not appear on modern markers of street names, etc. "
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Editor’s note: the publication date of this article reflects the date this article was added to the new version of The New School Histories website, not the original publication date. Please contact [email protected] with any questions. It’s not often that one thinks about the archives and urban space together. On the one hand, you have the idea […]
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Lewis Mumford studied at the New School for Social Research. You can read more about him here. If you’d like to write a more in-depth profile of Lewis Mumford, email us at [email protected]. We welcome contributions.
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Janet L. Abu-Lughod (1928-2013), professor emerita at The New School for Social Research and of Sociology at Northwestern University, held graduate degrees from the University of Chicago and the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She joined The New School for Social Research in 1987 with appointments in Sociology and Historical Studies, thriving in this intellectual environment. […]
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Jane Jacobs (1916-2006) was an author, journalist, and urban theorist who transformed the way that urban developments were constructed in American cities. In 1935, she moved from her hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania, to Brooklyn, NY. During her early years in New York City, she acquired a taste for Greenwich Village’s culture and moved there. After […]
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" Most of our housing and city planning has been handicapped because those who have undertaken the work have had no clear notion of the social functions of the city. "
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" In- and outsiders conceive of the modern city as a conglomerate of strangers, the individuals being anonymous and traditions and conventions lacking. "
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" Streets in cities serve many purposes besides carrying vehicles, and city sidewalks – the pedestrian parts of the streets – serve many purposes besides carrying pedestrians. "
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" Clara Mayer, the heart, brains and soul of the New School for Social Research from 1919 until 1960 hired me as registrar, that is, bean counter, during those early WWII years... "