(1) Architecture: Memories, Modernism and Our Concepts of a Misremembered Future
(2) The soundtrack to Nostalgia for the Future by Lisa Mezzacappa.
The Tent of Tomorrow structure and the crumbling observation towers are from Philip Johnson’s design for the New York State Pavilion.
(3) Boozy: The Life, Death, & Subsequent Vilification of Le Corbusier
(5) Rising Tide by William Grant Still
(6) The Rise of the Efficient City (WSJ)
…but they employ many of the key efficient city advantages: a sharp focus on business, a well-developed sense of place and a first-class communications infrastructure.
(7) Archive Gallery: Thrilling Trains of the Future
Cycle tracks will abound in Utopia.
– H.G. Wells