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patterns of traffic; (going to work, shopping, deliveries, children play in the street, coming home from work, the closing of the stores etc.). the feeling of the day as a unit of time - awareness of time

Distance: the objectivity of distance - the ant hill - the masses viewed from afar, from above

The use and purpose of streets: history

Architecture of the street: a reflection of the people who use it

The Street as a place of danger: a place of crime, of confusion, movement, speed, noise, many fleeting images confront the walkers of streets. A place where anything can happen

The Freedom of streets: a place of democracy, of escape from interiors, the mingling of classes, of high and low, the leveling ground of society

Continuity of streets in a city, the endless feeling of one street leading to another, an ancient chain of physical communication

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Etiquette of streets: its mourners, the watchers of streets: the old, chance meetings, the insecurity of being in an open place, of vulnerability

The death of the street: the dehumanization of the city street, unclean, crowded, unpleasant, the collapse of neighborhoods, a passage-place of strangers, unfriendly faces