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On this Fourth of July, Remember that Public Space is Democracy’s Great Stage

Making public space unwelcome is a perversion of its purpose, writes ASLA president Wendy Miller in this op-ed. Too often over the past few weeks, the central promise of the civic realm has been turned on its head.

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The Pandemic and Protests Have Highlighted Just How Unequal Our Cities Are

With a new urban crisis surfacing, designers from around the world propose radical changes to transportation, cooperative living, and public space.

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Architects Leading the Way to Racial Justice

The fight for equality is reaching a tipping point. Metropolis highlights Black architects, educators, and thinkers moving us toward racial justice.

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In Paris, a Celebrated Place for Protest Gets a Quietly Radical Facelift

Paris’s historic center for dissent, Place de la République, gets an expansion and an update.