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One of the most persistent images in American urbanism is that of the proverbial city on a hill, as first envisioned on these shores by the Puritan John Winthrop, via the Gospel according to Saint Matthew.

Martin Filler

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Eines der beständigsten Bilder im amerikanischen Urbanismus ist das der sprichwörtlichen Stadt auf einem Hügel, wie es der Puritaner John Winthrop an diesen Ufern zum ersten Mal über das Evangelium nach Matthäus vorstellte.

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