where is the pastiche in postmodern city planning.
its a complicated matter that you all are more than welcome to look into, but to explain very very very simply.
a modern(ist) city is a city about a city.
the po-mo city is the ironic evolution of city planning. where there was once a city for citys sake, there are now low density high population tracts of land throughout which you will find islands of commerce and the smoldering glow of culture looming in the distance.
think Chicago vs. the silicon valley.
these labels contradict themselves, because a time period and a group of philosophical ideals become a movement and the movement must be embraced or rejected. there is no sharing of values when they come in packages. just think about partisan politics... (and here i was just about to send in my donation to the people for the ethical treatment of historical context).
its is all a pile of piles of ideas... this having been said, Marx would have never sanctioned such an evil (the whole civilization being built around off ramps... strip malls instead of anything/everything else... sprawling sprawl).
all the homes, freeways, and corperate campuses in silicon valley are built on top of some of the most fertile soil under the best fruit yielding climates that could even be concievable on the face of this earth. now, the fruit growers are all gone and your average grocery store offers bottles of $900 foreign wine. such is the nature of paradise. unknown and then unaffordable.
a modern(ist) city is a city about a city.
the po-mo city is the ironic evolution of city planning. where there was once a city for citys sake, there are now low density high population tracts of land throughout which you will find islands of commerce and the smoldering glow of culture looming in the distance.
think Chicago vs. the silicon valley.
these labels contradict themselves, because a time period and a group of philosophical ideals become a movement and the movement must be embraced or rejected. there is no sharing of values when they come in packages. just think about partisan politics... (and here i was just about to send in my donation to the people for the ethical treatment of historical context).
its is all a pile of piles of ideas... this having been said, Marx would have never sanctioned such an evil (the whole civilization being built around off ramps... strip malls instead of anything/everything else... sprawling sprawl).
all the homes, freeways, and corperate campuses in silicon valley are built on top of some of the most fertile soil under the best fruit yielding climates that could even be concievable on the face of this earth. now, the fruit growers are all gone and your average grocery store offers bottles of $900 foreign wine. such is the nature of paradise. unknown and then unaffordable.
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