Nov 14, 2009

"The revenge of the suburb on the city wasn't simply the depletion of its urban population or the exodus of its retailers and office workers, but rather the importation of suburbia into the heart of the city: chain stores and restaurants, downtown malls, and even detached housing. If the gift of urban planners to suburbia was the tenets of the New Urbanism, it has been regifted, returned to cities not as tips for close-knit communities but as recipes for ever more intensive consumer experiences."

Andrew Blauvelt
Worlds Away
New Suburban Landscapes

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Suburbia; the blight on the natural horizon fostered by the post war baby boomers.

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