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The Manifesto for a New Urbanism That Came Before 'New Urbanism'
A 20-year-old's manifesto for the anti-modernist city was written years before the actual New Urbanist movement. Radicalism aside, there are surprising overlaps.
Before the buildings of Leon Krier or Robert Venturi, even before the iconic writings of Jane Jacobs, came a 20-year-old's manifesto that rejected the modernist city, but in a particularly absurdist fashion.
While much of his manifesto is not relatable to the works of what we identify as actual New Urbanists, there are surprising overlaps.