Star Wars a New Heap

Thirty years after the premiere of Star Wars, the strange chimpanzee crossed another threshold. For the first time in fifty-five hundred years of building cities, more of humanity now lives in them than in rural settlements. In the coming years there will be countless master plans for new mega-cities in Africa, Asia, and South America. We can only hope that these plans will be drawn by disciples of Jane Jacobs, students of Robert Morris, admirers of Robert Smithson, and fans of Star Wars. (link)

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  1. I was a student of Robert Morris. But his inclusion in that list is not random. His art and writings were central to that essay – and he supplied almost all of the best sight gags.

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Posted on June 18th, 2013, 04:59