Rebecca Solnit on San Francisco

[Robert Mahnke]

Geek-driven gentrification threatens San Francisco's bohemian appeal:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/mar/05/san-francisco-geek-gentrification-threatens



On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 5:15 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> The failings of Pruitt Igoe and Modernism's anti-urbanism embodied by Le
> Corbusier's Model city (
> http://www.google.com/search?q=le+corbusier+model+city&hl=en&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=he01UYKzHebR2QXP_YCQBA&ved=0CC0QsAQ&biw=1024&bih=625
> ) have been well known for a long time.  Density ain't its root problem.
> The destruction of urban space and fabric in favor of free-standing towers
> surrounded by a void are.  Density in the city would Ideally look more like
> the Paris Le Corbusier sought to replace.
> http://www.earth-photography.com/Countries/France/ChampsElysees_subgallery/France_Paris_ChampsElysees.html
>
>
> On Monday, March 4, 2013, Prashant Kumar wrote:
>>
>> Take this as the timid question it is, David (M.), but how does one
>> achieve high density urban areas without creating Pruitt Igoe like
>> hellholes?
>>
>> In Sydney we have a community housing building modelled after Le
>> Corbusier, but instead of parks, car parks. The Northcott building
>>
>>
>> http://m.theaustralian.com.au/arts/public-housing-private-hell/story-e6frg8n6-1111112988132
>>
>>
>> Needless to say it became a concrete slab of despair and social
>> distinction. (I do agree with your larger point; I think Sydney for example
>> would be much the poorer without the contrast high density allows. Where I
>> was born in New Zealand has become a horrible stretch of motorways and mall
>> complexes, the kind with attached buildings and surrounded by a sea of car
>> parks.)
>>
>> P.
>>
>> On Tuesday, March 5, 2013, David Morris wrote:
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