Corbu and the French Riots
2005.11.18 12:44
Yes, images of Pruitt Igoe and the World Trade Center Towers imploding are profoundly coincidental. Poor Yamasaki! I do like his Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton, however.
Life magazine did a nice photo-spread of the Pruitt Igoe implosion when it happened in 1972, ironically the same year that the World Trade Center was nearing completion as well (which was also nicely featured in Life magazine in 1972).
I saw Koyaansqatsi a few times when it first came out in 1983. I forgot that the implosion of Pruitt Igoe was depicted therein.
Probably the broadest blame regarding what is happening in France today is Colonialism and post-Colonialism--the European politics of pretty shitty treatment of 'minorities' par excellence.
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