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How do views shape words? How do words shape cities? WRITING CITIES I. Writing politics through motifs Hall, Fernández Arrigoitía andDinardi, Hall, Fernández II. Writing history through artefacts III. Writing culture through technologies IV. Writing visions through images Editors WRITING A collaboration between the Cities Programme at the London School of Economics and Political Science, the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT Media LAB, Harvard Graduate School of Design and Harvard Law School. CITIES 1. C M Y K Z B C M Y X CMY Z6 B6 C6 M6 Y6 X6 Z B C M Y X 40% Z B C M Y X Z B C M Y X 40% Z B C M Y Prinect/FOGRA 6 Dipco 2.1 Format 102 © 2004 FOGRA/Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG B C M Y X 40% Z B C M Y X Z B C M Y X 40% Z B C M Y X Z B C M Y X 40% Z B C M Y X Z6 B6 C6 M6 Y6 X6 Z B C M Y X Z B C M Y X CMY Z6 B6 C6 M6 Y6 X6 Z B C M Y X 40% Z B C M Y X Z B C M Y X 40% B C M Y Prinect/FOGRA 6 Dipco 2.1 Format 102 © 2004 FOGRA/Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG B C M Y X 40% Z B C M Y X Z B C M Y X 40% Z B C M Y X Z B C M Y X 40% Z B C M Y X Z6 B6 C6 M6 Y6 X6 Z B C M Y X 1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132 1 WRITING CITIES Working Papers Volume 1. How do views shape words? How do words shape cities? A collection of working papers by graduate researchers of the Cities Programme at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), MIT Media LAB, Harvard Graduate School of Design and Harvard Law School. Edited by Suzanne Hall, Melissa Fernández Arrigoitía and Cecilia Dinardi Writing Cities 2010 - Lay - 06/08/10 - 17:11:36 - Black wcfinal260510.indd 1 Front 2 04/06/2010 13:21:38 Writing Cities 2010 - Lay - 06/08/10 - 17:11:37 - Black Black - 17:11:37 - 06/08/10 - Lay - 2010 Cities Writing Back 2 Back 1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132 X Y M C B Z X6 Y6 M6 C6 B6 Z6 X Y M C B Z 40% 40% X Y M C B Z X Y M C B Z 40% 40% X Y M C B Z X Y M C B Z 40% X Y M C B AG Druckmaschinen FOGRA/Heidelberger 2004 © 102 Format 2.1 Dipco 6 Prinect/FOGRA Y M C B 40% X Y M C B Z X Y M C B Z 40% X Y M C B Z X6 Y6 M6 C6 B6 Z6 Y M C X Y M C B Z X Y M C B Z X6 Y6 M6 C6 B6 Z6 X Y M C B Z 40% 40% X Y M C B Z X Y M C B Z 40% 40% X Y M C B Z X Y M C B Z 40% X Y M C B AG Druckmaschinen FOGRA/Heidelberger 2004 © 102 Format 2.1 Dipco 6 Prinect/FOGRA Y M C B Z 40% X Y M C B Z X Y M C B Z 40% X Y M C B Z X6 Y6 M6 C6 B6 Z6 Y M C X Y M C B Z 2 This volume was published in London in 2010 Cities Programme London School of Economics and Political Science Houghton Street London WC2A 2 AE UK Tel +44 (0)20 7955 6828 http://writingcities.net/ © Individual authors for their respective chapters 2010 ISSN 2042-4361 Working Papers All rights reserved. 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K Y wcfinal260510.indd 3 04/06/2010 13:21:38 M C C M Y K Z B C M Y X CMY Z6 B6 C6 M6 Y6 X6 Z B C M Y X 40% Z B C M Y X Z B C M Y X 40% Z B C M Y Prinect/FOGRA 6 Dipco 2.1 Format 102 © 2004 FOGRA/Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG B C M Y X 40% Z B C M Y X Z B C M Y X 40% Z B C M Y X Z B C M Y X 40% Z B C M Y X Z6 B6 C6 M6 Y6 X6 Z B C M Y X Z B C M Y X CMY Z6 B6 C6 M6 Y6 X6 Z B C M Y X 40% Z B C M Y X Z B C M Y X 40% B C M Y Prinect/FOGRA 6 Dipco 2.1 Format 102 © 2004 FOGRA/Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG B C M Y X 40% Z B C M Y X Z B C M Y X 40% Z B C M Y X Z B C M Y X 40% Z B C M Y X Z6 B6 C6 M6 Y6 X6 Z B C M Y X 1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132 4 Writing Cities 2010 - Lay - 06/08/10 - 17:11:36 - Black wcfinal260510.indd 4 Front 2 04/06/2010 13:21:38 C M Y K Z B C M Y X CMY Z6 B6 C6 M6 Y6 X6 Z B C M Y X 40% Z B C M Y X Z B C M Y X 40% Z B C M Y Prinect/FOGRA 6 Dipco 2.1 Format 102 © 2004 FOGRA/Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG B C M Y X 40% Z B C M Y X Z B C M Y X 40% Z B C M Y X Z B C M Y X 40% Z B C M Y X Z6 B6 C6 M6 Y6 X6 Z B C M Y X Z B C M Y X CMY Z6 B6 C6 M6 Y6 X6 Z B C M Y X 40% Z B C M Y X Z B C M Y X 40% B C M Y Prinect/FOGRA 6 Dipco 2.1 Format 102 © 2004 FOGRA/Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG B C M Y X 40% Z B C M Y X Z B C M Y X 40% Z B C M Y X Z B C M Y X 40% Z B C M Y X Z6 B6 C6 M6 Y6 X6 Z B C M Y X 1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132 5 Contents Acknowledgments 6 Contributors 7 Introduction: The Writing Cities Collaboration 10 Suzanne Hall, Melissa Fernández Arrigoitía and Cecilia Dinardi Writing Cities: A Roundtable 14 David Frisby, Gerald Frug, Richard Sennett and Fran Tonkiss I. Writing politics through motifs 1. Cities under Franco: A Metonymical Approach 24 Olivia Muñoz-Rojas 2. Digging, Sowing, Tending, Harvesting: Making War-Fair 32 Gina Badger 3. For Whose Benefit? The Role of Consultation in the Compulsory Purchase of the Site for the 2012 44 Olympic Games in delivering a ‘Sustainable Communities’ Legacy Juliet Davis II. Writing history through artefacts 4. Writing Urban Stories from the Walls of a Building: The Case of the Post and Telecommunications 56 Palace in Buenos Aires Cecilia Dinardi 5. The Canal in the City of Gardens 68 Nida Rehman 6. The Mughal Pavilion 82 Ninad Pandit and Laura Lee Schmidt III. Writing culture through technologies 7. Beyond Use: Material Consciousness and Creative Engagements with Urban Infrastructure 94 Susanne Seitinger and Tad Hirsch 8.