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Rebuilding America to Inspire People

Friday, 09 January 2009 15:10 Last Updated on Friday, 09 January 2009 15:10 Written by Eric Garland 0 Comments

I loved Jim Kunstler’s forecasts for 2009, as dire as they were. And then I was particularly struck by this talk from TED, which is a couple years old. He talks about restructuring and rebuilding America as a series of inspiring places.

Since institutions need remaking anyhow, we should turn our attention not toward stimulating the cadaverous and non-functional, but toward the creation of the inspiring.

Tags:  Economic Development, revitalization, smart design, Sustainability, urbanism
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