Urban Acupuncture

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Introduction....Pages 1-4
24-Hour Shopkeepers in New York City....Pages 5-7
The Old Cinema Novo....Pages 8-10
Rescuing a River....Pages 11-14
The Forbidden City....Pages 15-16
Cali....Pages 17-19
Do Nothing! Urgently....Pages 20-22
Around The Clock, Or The 24-Hour City....Pages 23-25
Urban Kindness....Pages 26-32
Musical Acupuncture....Pages 33-35
Continuity is Life....Pages 36-38
Street Sounds, Colors, and Scents....Pages 39-41
Good Recycling....Pages 42-45
People in the Streets....Pages 46-49
Smart Car, Smart Bus....Pages 50-53
Commitment to Solidarity....Pages 54-57
Draw Your City....Pages 58-61
Instructions for Performing Urban Acupuncture....Pages 62-64
Creative Leisure vs. Industrious Mediocrity....Pages 65-68
Self-Esteem is Good Acupuncture....Pages 69-70
Light is Good Acupuncture....Pages 71-73
Aqua-Puncture....Pages 74-78
The Mobility Card....Pages 79-80
Eco-Clock....Pages 81-82
Arborescence....Pages 83-84
Produced Memory....Pages 85-87
Of Parks, Squares, and Monuments....Pages 88-92
The One-Page Guide....Pages 93-94
Urban Cholesterol....Pages 95-96
Buildings with Dignity....Pages 97-99
Acupuncture of Silence....Pages 100-104
Ramblas and Galleries....Pages 105-108
A Pinprick Doesn’t Hurt....Pages 109-112
Trompe L’oeil....Pages 113-115
A Letter to Fellini....Pages 116-118
How to Find Someone in a City....Pages 119-122
The Presence of Genius....Pages 123-124
Markets and Street Fairs....Pages 125-128
The Bar Counter....Pages 129-134
Love for the City....Pages 135-143