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Vive le flâneur!

Preface


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If many modern urban planners had their way, the city would be divided into strictly designated zones for living and working with little opportunity for chance encounters, surprise and, above all, sauntering. Cities that embrace the modern flâneur are those that allow for a little chaos - and are all the more attractive for it.



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