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Slums Clearances by Fire

Architecture News - Nov 23, 2009 - 07:50   4678 views

By 1935, some cities began to awaken to the public conscience of the cruelty in some methods of slums clearance. In Mike Davis’ words, the mixture of inflammable dwellings, extraordinary density, and dependance upon open fires for heat and cooking is a superlative recipe for spontaneous combustion.
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