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Architecture critic Goldhagen explores the effect of urban design and the built environment on our psyches. She offers a set of observations on subjects as ancient as the caryatid porch on the Acropolis in Athens and as modern as the flying staircase of architect Oscar Niemeyer's Itamaraty Palace at Brasília. Her abiding interest is the capacity of cities, public spaces, and places for people to nurture community and sustain healthy human interaction. In s...Log In or Sign Up to Read More