How do social memory processes inscribe themselves into urban topographies? What spaces and imaginaries are generated in the process, and what conflicts and fractures arise? How do exceptional places that remind us of state terror coexist with everyday urban life? This monograph addresses these questions by examining the space-producing power of public memory through the lens of two Latin American megacities, Mexico City and Buenos Aires. It combines concepts from cultural studies of the city and memory research with a set of spatial and visual readings, ethnographic explorations, and discourse analyses into a dense analytical narrative. Drawing on the conceptual solution "history takes place," advocated by cultural historian Karl Schlögel for a space-conscious history and historical spatial research, the study emphasizes...