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February 13, 2001
William J. Mitchell City of Bits: Space, Place, and the Infobahn MIT Press, 1995. 225 pp.; 16 b/w ills. Paper $15.95 (0262631768)
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Originally published—in print and entirely online—in 1995, William J. Mitchell’s City of Bits: Space, Place, and the Infobahn resembles a relic of early cyberculture scholarship, going back and forth between visionary insight and embarrassing naiveté. As one of the earliest attempts to reimagine and reconceptualize architecture and urbanism in an age of digital information, City of Bits provides a thought-provoking and generous glimpse into the cities—and citizens—of tomorrow. At the same time, the vision, emanating...