Several prominent advocates for the homeless, including Anna Lou Dehavenon, an urban anthropologist, supported the plan.

An urban and medical anthropologist, Dr. Dehavenon became a fixture - though an unpopular one among some city officials - in the notorious facility.

A sampling of several urban anthropologists came up with no definitive answers, but a handful of intriguing theories.

Elliot Liebow (1925-1994) was an American urban anthropologist and ethnographer.

But to Roger Sanjek, an urban anthropologist, they are the future, a preview of what American cities will be like in the year 2100.

And enough of those idiosyncratic traditions were on display yesterday at a pep rally in City Hall Park to keep urban anthropologists busy for years.

Already, the urban anthropologists are taking notes: Male smokers cluster in doorways, or lean against buildings or perch on ledges.

As an urban cultural anthropologist, I also recognize the social significance of your work.

In fact, some insist they aren't cool hunters at all but rather "urban anthropologists."

She is also an urban anthropologist and video documentarian.