suburbia
Catherine Coy
Prayer for the Suburbs
Let them be safe as houses, lined up
like people waiting for something to happen.
Let them be square as boxes,
more square than milk cartons.
Let them keep a small distance
from the sidewalk and the curb,
some space to breathe, but just enough
to separate what is mortgaged
from what the town maintains.
Let them marvel at t
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The industrialized world has tried to approximate paradise in its suburbs, with luxe, calme, volupté, cul-de-sacs, cable television and two-car garages, and it has produced a soft ennui that shades over into despair and a decay of the soul suggesting that Paradise is already a gulag. Countless desperate teenagers will tell you so. For paradise does
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The Internet’s Lonely Urban Design
The Information Superhighway paved over Virtual Villages; can we bring them back?
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In the beginning, the internet resembled a quaint village where everybody knew your name. It was largely self-governing and self-policing, with its own norms and customs. Like many i... See more
The Information Superhighway paved over Virtual Villages; can we bring them back?
Keaton Brandt
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Jan 28, 2024
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In the beginning, the internet resembled a quaint village where everybody knew your name. It was largely self-governing and self-policing, with its own norms and customs. Like many i... See more
Keaton Brandt • The Internet’s Lonely Urban Design
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