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Reflections on architecture and the exchange of information in the spaces and places of the city, from the necessity of skyscrapers in an age of Web sites to cities as talent magnets, from architectural bling to the neo-minimalism of the new MoMA. The meaning of a message, says William Mitchell, depends on the context of its reception. "Shouting 'fire' in a crowded theater produces a dramatically different effect from barking the same word to a squad of soldiers with guns," he observes. In Placing Words, Mitchell looks at the ways in which urban spaces and places provide settings for communication and at how they conduct complex flows of information through the twenty-first century city. Cit...
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William Mitchell, Sr. (b. ca. 1728) was born, possibly in Maryland, near Baltimore. He had three sons, James, William, and Joshua. William Mitchell, Jr. (b. ca. 1756) was born in Maryland or Virginia, and married Abigail Wheeler (b. ca. 1759) in North Carolina, ca. 1774. they lived in Wilkes County, North Carolina. Descendants and relatives lived in North Carolina, Missouri, Tennessee, California, Washington, Texas, Illinois, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Oregon, and elsewhere.