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
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?
Yeah ... R & R were probably still trying to keep the wolf from the door ...
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).
Not to mention that Rome was not exactly planned.
And further not to mention that it was extensively remodelled by fire on a periodic basis.
"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.
Cunning plans... shades of Baldrick's turnip!
Maverick... Rubrick... Baldrick... ... I'm *sensing a pattern here. (..)
Maverick... Rubrick... Baldrick...
...musick
who is Baldrick and what is his turnip? (or do I want to know?)