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Cadzao Posted 20 years ago
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in the center of things
"The fact is, most people do not want a grat deal of anything, nor have they fancy standards. A clean house, with room for family life, and privacy, a bit of ground for the children, or adequate community playgrounds; a good school; a steady job that will feed, house, clothe, and doctor the family; the neighbourhood movie, bowling alley, saloon; and the libraries, museums, theaters, or what not somewhere in the center of things."
Please tell me what "what not somewhere in the center of things" means?
Thank you.
Cadzao
Please tell me what "what not somewhere in the center of things" means?
Thank you.
Cadzao
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You need to separate the "what not" from your phrase in blue and add it to the list of local attractions: libraries, museums, theaters, or what not. " Then, "somewhere in the center of things" simply means in a central location. S.
- You need to separate the "what not" from your phrase in blue and add it to the list of local attractions: libraries, museums, theaters, or what not.
- " Then, "somewhere in the center of things" simply means in a central location.
- S.
- - Does it really refer to "saloons"?
- That sounds like something out of an old western movie.
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You need to separate the "what not" from your phrase in blue and add it to the list of local attractions: libraries, museums, theaters, or what not.
It means "or other similar things that I haven't named but belong in the category."
Then, "somewhere in the center of things" simply means in a central location.
(P.S. - Does it really refer to "saloons"? That sounds like so
It means "or other similar things that I haven't named but belong in the category."
Then, "somewhere in the center of things" simply means in a central location.
(P.S. - Does it really refer to "saloons"? That sounds like so
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Yes, it does, I think.
The passage is taken from The City is the People (1941) by Henry S. Churchill, a famous Amerian architect, born in Chicago in 1893. By the way, what do you think about the title "The City is the People"? What does it mean?
Thank you very very much, Grammar Greek, for your help.
Cadzao
The passage is taken from The City is the People (1941) by Henry S. Churchill, a famous Amerian architect, born in Chicago in 1893. By the way, what do you think about the title "The City is the People"? What does it mean?
Thank you very very much, Grammar Greek, for your help.
Cadzao
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I think it means that a city's "personality" is derived from the peope who live there. No people = no city, even if there are buildings and green space and well laid-out roads.
The lay-out of a city can influence how people interact - whether they create neighborhoods and develop a common ethos. A city that requires everyone to get into their cars to do the shopping, visit the park, get
The lay-out of a city can influence how people interact - whether they create neighborhoods and develop a common ethos. A city that requires everyone to get into their cars to do the shopping, visit the park, get
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Yes, it really does.
Thank you, once again.
P.S. In The City is the People, Churchill mentioned Broad and Market in Phialadephia. So I'd like to ask you if Broad and Market is a street name.
Thank you, once again.
P.S. In The City is the People, Churchill mentioned Broad and Market in Phialadephia. So I'd like to ask you if Broad and Market is a street name.
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The names of two streets that intersect. I wrote about that in your original thread on that.
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