... that Kahn’s layout for a modern public space in Tehran concerned the development of an ethical attitude toward architectural modernity in a non-Western context as well as constituted a silent resistance to Iran’s sociopolitical reality and its spaces of representation. [The queen] Farah is chairman...

... the "Battles of the Squares." 4 In many ways, this history resonates with the larger, general history of American urban public space, but in other ways, the uniqueness of the Savannah plan ensures that its history stands apart. While squares are the defining elements of many cities, in Savannah the squares...