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- Henri Lefebvre, The Right to the City โ In brief, the right to the city is the right to the production of a city. The labor of a worker is the source of most of the value of a commodity that is expropriated by the owner. The worker, therefore, has a right to benefit from that value denied to them. In the same way, the urban citizen produces and reproduces the city through their own daily actions. However, the the city is expropriated from the urbanite by the rich and the state. The right to the city is therefore the right to appropriate the city by and for those who make and remake it.
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@Blair Older houses in my country also have them, and they're called just like that: vestibules. And what's interesting is that the buildings from the communist era also have them. I grew up with them being called simply "holul de la intrare" (literally just "the entry hallway"). Indeed, it's a place where everyone leaves their jackets and shoes so that they do not bring all the dirt inside the house. In fact, my studio has an entry hallway as well, but I rarely close the door fwiw.
Newer buildings, if I recall correctly, tend to blur this demarcation, as they try to turn everything in an open space (so that it looks bigger) - as such, there's usually no door that leads to that little hallway - probably because having an AC makes it less important to have another door after you get inside the house. But I saw that it's still properly marked by walls, so you know in your mind where to leave your shoes, your jacket etc.