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Lewis Mumford on the City, Part 4: The Heart of the City

Name: Lewis Mumford on the City, Part 4: The Heart of the City
Duration: 27 min

Ytzen Brusse , Jean-Claude Chiabaut , Léonard Forest , Mogens Gander , Jacques Giraldeau , Kirk Jones , Derek Knight , Hector Lemieux , Claus Loof , Ian MacNeill , Terence Macartney-Filgate , Reginald Morris , Erik Nielsen , Bryan Probyn , François Séguillon & Wim Smits

1963 | 27 min

This short documentary is part of a series hosted by American historian, sociologist, philosopher of technology, and literary critic Lewis Mumford, who was particularly noted for his study of cities and urban architecture. This episode presents a study of the growing sterility, dullness and congestion that is destroying the vitality, variety and breadth that once made cities physically attractive and humanly creative.

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