> > > > 'rootless' yes on the grounds of an abolished family, a childhood > > disappeared under the bulldozer, and an inhabitation of that City which >is > > Every City > > but no in that my voice, my accent, is stamped with what I am, am from > > Chris Hayden comments: That's deep. I somehow had thought the process of so-called Urban Renewal-- I call it Urban Removal--was somehow only going on only here in the U.S. Have experienced the same feeling of past bulldozed under, connection with city I have lived in the past fifty years fading with each building and block demolished. I would describe my tribe as underground urban intellectual _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com