A neat article in the New York Times about a series of articles in 1955, envisioning what New York would look like in... 2005! I hope that they consider continuing this theme.
All of the urban visions and pronouncements are quite plain, really -- when what I was really hoping for was something quaintly futuristic -- though it gives me pause to think about whether anyone could have, or can, really envision the New York City of today, that is Internet-enabled, cell-phone-toting, immigrant-filled, gridlocked by cars yet still serviced by the same decaying infrastructure, with low crime yet frayed neighborhood character. Most of all, I'm curious, were people as obsessed by real estate and education as they are now?
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