In this post, Tyler Cowen asks the following:
"Has urban architecture declined?
Strolling the streets of Edinburgh, it is hard not to be struck by the beauty and general consistency of the older buildings. It is hard to find post World War II examples where a wealthy Western region has done something comparable. Suburbs have sprung up around the United States, but few of them have architecturally notable exteriors on a consistent basis. There are so many new suburban developments, cannot just one of them be lovely and aesthetically challenging?
What might have gone wrong?"
He proceeds to give five explanations, noting that at the same time exteriors have declined interiors have dramatically improved.
Let me add that this is perfectly consistent my working thesis that public space (exteriors) are declining from neglect while private space (interiors) are attempting to recreate, so far as possible, what has been lost.
posted by Silver @
10:19 AM
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Wednesday, August 04, 2004  |
