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in BC 753 Romulus and Remus founded Rome; and in AD 1960 Brasilia, based on the principles of Le Corbusier, was officially inaugurated*... Modern city planners would do well to study the relative success of these projects. * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
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the relative success of these projects
We tend to judge hastily, these days. Do we know how Rome looked a mere 45 years after its foundation?
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Yeah ... R & R were probably still trying to keep the wolf from the door ...
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lol Pfranz!
You make a very good point Werner. After all, even some time after the high point of Rome's cultural significance, Rome had suffered a catastrophic collapse of its core facilities and infrastructure, including the cloaca maximus (the main drain that allowed the settlement of the low-lying areas on which the main forums [sic] were built).
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Not to mention that Rome was not exactly planned.
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And further not to mention that it was extensively remodelled by fire on a periodic basis.
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"We didn't know what Rome looked like..."
But we do know what certain modern cities, notably New York, looked like before Le Corbusier's principles were applied in their "renewal" -- and we do know the disasters that followed their application.
"Rome wasn't exactly planned"
My point exactly.
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Cunning plans... shades of Baldrick's turnip!
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Maverick... Rubrick... Baldrick... ... I'm *sensing a pattern here. (..)
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Maverick... Rubrick... Baldrick...
...musick
who is Baldrick and what is his turnip? (or do I want to know?)
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