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10 Buildings that Changed America
Virginia State Capitol Richmond, Virginia Thomas Jefferson, 1788
A new TV and web production coming to PBS in 2013 about ten influential American buildings that changed the way we live, work, and play.
— wttw.com
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WTF? Where's the McDonald's drive through? How could a top ten list of influential american buildings completely ignore the impact of suburban/car culture? The Golden Arches (or something like it) has clearly had a bigger influence than either the Venturi house or the Disney concert hall.
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they gots a shopping mall and a factory in the mix. prolly mcdonalds fits in one of those episodes. could be either one actually, depending on whether its pre-pink slime period or after...
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"they gots a shopping mall and a factory in the mix. prolly mcdonalds fits in one of those episodes. could be either one actually, depending on whether its pre-pink slime period or after..."
I don't know but given that it is 10 Buildings that Changed America and considering that the biggest legacy of the built environment during the 20th century has been the large scale reshuffling to create the car centric suburbs, it would seem that a drive-thru typology would be foremost on said list. Shopping malls, which are already a dying breed, don't seem nearly as important.
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