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Places Journal
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Places is a leading journal of contemporary architecture, landscape, and urbanism. We harness the moral and investigative power of public scholarship to promote equitable cities and sustainable landscapes.
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Page structure

H1 heading
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A Genealogy of Colors
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H1 A Genealogy of Colors
H2 Reading Lists
H2 Archiving Oakland
H2 Geographies of Black Genius
H2 Seeing Sacagawea
H2 Pandemicene Blues
H2 Galleries
H2 Series
H3 Sign In
H3 Create Account
H3 The Architectural Gift: Kumasi, Islamabad, Detroit
H3 Keep Direction By Good Methods
H3 The Disposition of Drones
H3 PORCH: A Library, at the Venice Architecture Biennale
H3 Places News
H4 Follow
H4 Follow Duplicate text
H4 Academic Partners
H4 Print Archive
H4 “The Case for Truly Public Housing” at the National Public Housing Museum
H4 Apply for the SAH | Places | Graham Foundation Prize
H4 Caroline Tracey Awarded 2024 On the Brinck | Places Prize
H4 Places to Co-Host 2024 Fitch Colloquium
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H4 Submit to Places
H4 Support Places
H4 Print Archive Duplicate text
H4 Submit to Places Duplicate text
H5 Places Journal Uses Cookies
H6 Places Journal
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Some anchor texts are used more than once.
The number of internal links is ok.
There are too many external links (50) on this page.
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/news/the-case-for-truly-publi...Places Editors “The Case for Truly Public Housing” at the National Public Housing Museum Opening in Chicago this weekend, the Museum will feature an inaugura...
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https://instagram.com/places_j...External Instagram
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/newsletter/New window Newsletter
A-TITLE Places Newsletter Signup
/calls-for-articlesCalls for Articles
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