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Sep 15 2007

Step One: Kill the Architects

The New York Times
September 9, 2007
by Danny Lyon

This illustrated list outlines the 10 simple steps to designing the city of the future.

Photographer Danny Lyon offers his ideas for improving cities.

“I have been asked to help design a city. I am flattered. In the past, this was the job of emperors and kings. Of course, today, things are a bit more complicated. Having benefited from a New York City public school education and 65 years of life, and with the peace of mind necessary for clear thought that I have now, living on my farms, where I raise my own vegetables and fish, I recommend the following:

  1. First we kill the architects
  2. Then we burn the malls
  3. Tax Breaks and Incentives for all small businesses willing to build on the ashes or set up shops in the downtowns

See the full illustrated guide at The New York Times

Source: The New York Times

Filed under: Urban Design

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