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    Urban spaces, particularly central plazas and squares, were important social spaces in late 19th century cities where gente decente, the political, commercial, and professional elite, would display their consumption and leisure activities. As cities modernized, public spaces like plazas, green areas, and portales became areas for vendors while also reflecting the material improvements of the city planned by authorities, such as wider boulevards and streets, and regulated by police and sanitation workers to keep the public areas clean, safe, and orderly at night.

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    Urban spaces, particularly central plazas and squares, were important social spaces in late 19th century cities where gente decente, the political, commercial, and professional elite, would display their consumption and leisure activities. As cities modernized, public spaces like plazas, green areas, and portales became areas for vendors while also reflecting the material improvements of the city planned by authorities, such as wider boulevards and streets, and regulated by police and sanitation workers to keep the public areas clean, safe, and orderly at night.

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    URBAN EXPANSION – CITIES

    LAST QUARTER – NINETEENTH CENTURY


    MODERNIZATION

    URBAN SPACES – CENTRAL SPACES OF THE CITY


    PLAZAS – CENTRAL SQUARE – PLAZA DE ARMAS

    SOCIAL SPACES – PLACES OF SOCIAL ACTIVITY, ASSERTION OF SOCIAL


    IDENTITY
    DISPLAY OF CONSUMPTION AND LEISURE ACTIVITIES FOR THE S0-
    CALLED GENTE DECENTE

    GENTE DECENTE – INCLUDED POLITICAL ELITE, URBAN LANDOWNER,


    COMMERCIAL (MERCHANT) ELITE AND ASPIRING MIDDLE AND
    PROFESSIONAL CLASSES
    EDUCATED SOCIAL GROUPS

    PUBLIC SPACES – SQUARES, PLAZAS, GREEN SPACES OF THE CITY,


    PORTALES – CENTRAL ARCH-COVERED WALKWAYS – DESIRED
    LOCATIONS FOR VENDORS

    REFLECTED THE MATERIAL IMPROVEMENTS OF THE CITY


    URBAN DECISIONS MADE BY THE AUTHORITIES
    BOULEVARDS, WIDER STREETS

    REGULATION OF PUBLIC AREAS


    POLICE FORCES

    NIGHT GUARDS
    STREET LIGHTS

    MUNICIPAL SANITARY POLICE – STREET CLEANERS AND GARBAGE


    COLLECTORS

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