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Poster from 1937 Columbia Pictures film Paid to Dance. The women in the poster are leaning towards the camera and not smiling
The side of a tall, barrel-shaped building with oval windows.
Abandoned buildings in Beirut line a gravel road where there are piles of dirt and several soldiers standing guard.
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    • SECTION 1—Walkers in the City
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  • Report & Eyewitness
    • SECTION 5—All the City’s a Stage
    • SECTION 6—Urban Fabric
    • SECTION 7—After Slag
    • SECTION 8—Strangers Here Ourselves
  • RANT & REMEDY
    • SECTION 9—The Living Grid
    • SECTION 10—Mean Streets
    • SECTION 11—Letter From Another City
    • SECTION 12—Cracks in the Sidewalk
    • From the Editor’s Desk—Sally Rand’s Fan Dance
  • INTERVIEW & HAPPENING
    • Slag Glass Happenings
    • The Slag Glass Interview
  • Contents of the City
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Playing Bridge with the Roosevelts

A man walks behind a construction sign that reads "ROADWORK ON SIDE ROAD" on a busy city street.

Brickscape

South Side Chicago in 1970. Vintage cars are driving down a road with business marquees on the sidewalks.

Narrow Places

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