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The empty space where cities admit they need somewhere to gather and pretend they aren't lonely.
old rootsFrom Latin platea, a broad open street.
sister wordsPiazza, place, and pizza share the lineage.
power centerRoman forums were plazas running an empire.
shopping shiftAmericans turned the public square into parking lots.
protest stageTahrir and Tiananmen made plazas history's loudest rooms.