Re: Re: Re: new trends in urban planning
None of this is new. I was in architecture school in college, and the First Great Energy Crisis was right after that. It was all about the "new towns," mass transit, green zones, planned communities, and "small is beautiful."
All had one thing in common: Somebody would design it, and people would live in it the way it was designed. And like it. Paolo Soleri was the endpoint of the curve, and I was fascinated by his work, if a little horrified.
Americans stubbornly maintained a liking for private automobiles, elbow room, fresh air, a quiet environment, and their own house on a piece of their own land.