Organic New Urbanism

"...a utopian experiment in New Urbanism (is) being molded out..."


Seems we are always in flux rethinking urbanism. An ever evolving state of inquiry. and rightly so. In this New York Times article the author refers to the Inn at Serenbe as an experiment in New Urbanism.

Why is a farmstead now novel as being a new way of living? What are the shifts in cultural values? what are the emerging lifestyles? What sort of impact could this really have on the economic development of not only housing stock but the agricultural lands needed to support it?

What are the "organic new urbanist" building codes? Can these tourist destinations...set an example for contempory american living or will they remain a "day trip" fantasy for the everyday american?

Narco-Tour Destination

For Some Taxi Drivers, a Different Kind of Traffic by Marc Lacey
Mazatlán Journal

Travel and tourism offers the rare opportunity to see a location for the first time, risking the attempt of creating your reality of the place through the first set of steps, movements and experiences.

Your perception is the place is framed by what you do, where you go...the honeymooner in Cancun's has an experience much different from the volunteer environmental activist, for example.

These experiences can literally map the identity of a place...
as these examples illustrate.

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