Linked List: February 2020
Monday, 3 February 2020
- Peaceful Walking Tour of The Division’s New York City ✶
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A short film discussing some of the city’s history, architecture and politics.
Our first stop on our tour: The Projects, a residential settlement built between 1943 and 1945. An important figure in 20th century urban planning, Le Corbusier was a revolutionary architect. His vision: Old structures need to be replaced. His plan: Greatly destroy New York, and rebuilt it, according to his, “Great Vision.”
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Oh. Just ignore the bullets, and, keep going. Listen to Django Reinhardt’s version of You’re Driving Me Crazy.
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One point of criticism of the UN building is that the defining shape is the Secretariat — the big monolith — and not the assembly hall, seeming to indicate that administration dominates, rather than international understanding.