It is well known that Manhattan is a city without many alleys. Cities like Chicago planned for service ways by which horse-drawn carts, then trucks, could deliver goods to businesses and houses and pick up refuse, without clogging the streets, which were deemed to be for people and their vehicles. In New York, as the saying goes, “Everything goes through the front door.” People and garbage alike. Whether this is because of an extreme sense of democracy (people and garbage being, in this wise-cracking city, more or less the same); or because the 1811 Commissioners’ Plan, which established the Manhattan grid, never included them; or because the value of land made them financially impractical, is difficult to say. Alleys almost never existed.
~Lebbeus Woods, from "Cracks"
A blog about all things fashion designer, including seeking art in daily life, appreciating great design, and discovering the pleasing nuances in the urban landscape. I also blog about architecture, interior design, contemporary art, accessories for the home, shopping in NYC, tips for looking good in layers, bargain finds, and my own private musings on the stop-start nature of the creative process.
6.01.2009
parasite architecture
After some further exploration of parasite architecture from the previous post, I was led to architect, Lebbeus Woods from some suggestions on Flikr. Please ponder this thought from Woods for a moment. I am amused.
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