I’ve written several posts now on Paolo Soleri’s Arcosanti, and his vision of cities as mostly-self-sufficient, compact communities instead of sprawling and isolating urban blights…
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What is Community? part 3: Soleri’s definitions
So does CoH qualify as a community? Does Arcosanti as it stands today, or Lupin Lodge? Paolo Soleri (who is still alive, though I speak…
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What causes a feeling of community? What creates a coherent sub-culture? Both my housemates play on the on-line multiple-player game City of Heroes, which is…
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More Arcosanti photos; click on the thumbnails for a larger, clearer version of each photo. Also, you can read my thoughts on Arcosanti here, for…
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Photos are at the end of this article; all are clickable for larger versions. You will need to use the Back button on your browser…
Continue ReadingNew Mexico: very weird! part 2
I stumbled across this today while writing down my memories of further proof of New Mexico’s inherent weirdness: Roswell UFO Crash: There Were 2 Crashes,…
Continue ReadingLaissez les bons temps rouler! part 3
(Continuing from the earlier part 2) That was not the end of that exceptionally pleasant day. I went down several streets in the French Quarter…
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As several folks know by now, I’m home again — yay! Home is wonderful; I think it’s truly where those you love are, rather than…
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I think I’m in love. :) I have never been in a city like New Orleans before, or seen a neighborhood like the French Quarter.…
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I’m in N’Awlins! It is… an astonishing mix. Dignified antebellum grande dames draped with Mardi Gras beads on their wrought-iron upper balconies sit cheek-by-jowl with…
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