Faceless, nameless character of the 20th-century city

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• One of the most frightening aspects of the 20th-century city was its faceless, nameless character.claim0.863
  Emphasizes the psychological terror of anonymity in the built world
• Cities today do not reflect the idiosyncrasies and human characters of people.claim0.690
  States that modern urbanism erases the multitude of differences that constitute our humanity
• archetypal character of spaceconcept0.687
  Spatial quality that resonates deeply with the human psyche, connecting to self.
• Individuality and uniqueness in the cityconcept0.686
  The principle that every physical element of the city should reflect human character; a structural characteristic of living tissue
• The beautiful character of Manhattan is an unfolded one, to the extent that unfolding processes were at work.claim0.684
  Attributing Manhattan's life to structure-preserving unfolding processes.
• According to present-day biological terminology, a city is not a living system.claim0.682
  A statement of current orthodoxy used to highlight the need for a broader definition.
• "the city is not, cannot, and must not be a tree. The city is a receptacle for life."concept0.664
  Alexander's foundational argument from 'A City Is Not a Tree'; articulates his vision of overlapping, non-hierarchical structure.
• The absence of life we recognize as a familiar problem of the past century comes about because the processes which create objects, artifacts, buildings, neighborhoods, agriculture, forests, towns, roads, bridges - nearly all fail to have the character of unfolding wholeness.claim0.660
  Diagnosis of modern lifelessness.