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How a Socialist Architect Created a Mainstay of American Capitalism
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11 ай бұрынVictor Gruen's Southdale Mall in Minnesota was supposed to be a utopian community center that would replace the street life of a downtown for suburbia. This first modern indoor mall would provide a gathering place modelled after the street life of Gruen's native Vienna, making up just one part of a planned community. Instead it became a place to buy and sell and make money, and was an agent of suburban sprawl, which Gruen opposed.
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@PeterSaintPeter 11 ай бұрын
He wasn’t wrong about people being strangers because of car culture!
@EarthShadowFilms 11 ай бұрын
It’s not that anyone failed to realize his full vision. Oil lobbyists and real estate developers just have a different vision that is more lucrative and all you gotta do I destroy as much natural resources and land as possible, which is a lot easier than innovation.