“The Ghastly Tragedy of the Suburbs” by James Kuntsler
American Landscape
Tangents
Sense of Place
Meaningful, character and quality
Cultural design and a sense of identity
WW2
Define space
Places that are worth caring about
Where are we, who, where are we going?
Cultural civic design diffeenvces
"Public Realm" in US
Contrast Other Public Spaces
Civic Design
Sense of self-identity
Places not worth Caring About
"Permeability"
Craft festival joke
ex. Boston City Hall Plaza
Afghanistan War
American idea of "home"
Main St. Issue Downtown Blocks
More than one story
Shopping bottom and residences upstairs
ex. Glens Falls NY
Retail higher up
Business and sidewalk relationship
Nature "Band-Aid"
Good Buildings
ex. Street Trees
Provide barrier and soften landscape
Industrial City Trauma
Suburbia
Idea of a lifestyle rather than a lifestyle
End of cheap oil
Down-Scale, Re-scale, Resize
Closer Food
New-Urbanists
Living city
Change in malls, transportation etc.
Street and block system
Courtyard, city square model
Live closer work, eachother
Local, community living
ex. School Architecture
Public Realm
Civic Life
ex. Streets
And not using civic design
The 'Hopeful Present'
Representation of values
More lively
Other building
Kwanians?
Perceived problem
Uncaring design
"Consumers" in contrast to "citizens"
Lifestyle change supported by city
Fuel Crisis