Tacoma Urbanist
Apr. 11, 2008 at 12:17am
Preparing For Kunstler's Show: Learn the Vocabulary
The much anticipated Kunstler event will occur in Tacoma's Theater on the Square on 4/23/2008. The urban event in recent time in Tacoma. Tickets are available at the Broadway Center.
Tickets are being bought up. There is now a significant slate of elected officials interested in city urbanism ideas that will be there.
In preparation, consider listening to his podcast to learn all of the Kunstler special vocabulary:
The Essential Kunstler Terms:
From Kunstler Podcast # 8
- One Story UFO Buildings
- Parking Lagoon
- Nature Band Aid
- Patriotic Totems
- Happy Motoring Program
- Bark Mulch Bed
- "It's All Good"
The KunstlerCast is a weekly audio program about the tragic comedy of suburban sprawl. Featuring: James Howard Kunstler, author of "The Geography of Nowhere", "The Long Emergency" and other books. Duncan Crary, host/producer, speaks with Kunstler weekly about the failure of suburbia and the inevitable end of this living arrangement with no future. |
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I believe a lot of people share my feelings about the tragic landscape of highway strips, parking lots, housing tracts, mega-malls, junked cities, and ravaged countryside that makes up the everyday environment where most Americans live and work. - James Howard Kunstler, from The Geography of Nowhere | |
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