Really enjoying "A History of Future Cities" (thx @devonzuegel):https://www.amazon.com/dp/0393348865
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For a particularly interesting example, see Kyoto, which has a very, very old planned grid. (You might enjoy: https://www.amazon.com/Making-Urban-Japan-Institute-Routledge/dp/0415354226 … )
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I love that book!
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Read Shoumanoff's *City of Hope* about the wonderful Brasilia.
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@paulmromer's talk for@longnow. http://longnow.org/seminars/02009/may/18/theory-history-application/ …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Counterfactuals can be instructive as well. The unrealized plans for post–Great Fire London might interest you.https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/jan/25/how-london-might-have-looked-five-masterplans-after-great-fire-1666 …
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Highly recommend https://www.amazon.com/dp/0307474372 as a counter for examples of cities defying their original designs and intentions over time.
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have you read Caro's The Power Broker? more real I think.
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May be you get inspired and build first green city in silicon valley !!
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after some reading i thought cities are very much like companies themselves, did you mean something different?
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