Stephanie Meeks: The Past and Future City

[@marcelmoulin3335]

Preservation makes perfect sense. Those charming, lovely, special architectural gems provide our communities with an identity--soul. We delight in cities like Brugge that teem with unforgettable ambiance and warmth. Gigantic, monolithic modern architecture too often is soulless, cold, and stark. Such architectural feats may impress from the air; however, at ground level, they do very little or nothing to create a happy, meaningful environment for the pedestrian. We can do better. We must do better. Keep up the invaluable work, CNU. (Perhaps you can encourage the Dutch to stop with their massive urban sprawl projects. Since 1970, they have seemingly replicated the very worst aspects of American cities. A colossal pity!)

[@AstroMagi]

Not to take away from her point but the city at 19:58 is Chicago not LA.

[@keltiboissonneault4263]

Bumping for the algorithm

[@ivanoffw]

The one out of five who believe that their city is quaint and needs more modern buildings are from the architecture profession.

[@quackersgaming7936]

Unbelievable historical

[@tomb4575]

Yes old buildings can be reused but will a high tech company spend amounts of money to rewire a building. I am always reminded of the house painter on the old Murphy Brown show when architect's think they have an unlimited budget.

[@jiainsf]

the old designs are difficult to recreate from a mass production economy: Architects used to be artisans, now they are economists

[@LoveDayandAge]

I'm studying architecture and I totally agree.

[@derekmarkovic]

I'd totally get with her.