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James Kunstler: How bad architecture wrecked cities

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James Kunstler: How bad architecture wrecked cities

James Howard Kunstler's TED talk argues that American public spaces and architecture have become unworthy of care, damaging civic life. He presents suburban sprawl and car-first design as failures of the common good.

HN recommends it as an engaging introduction to the critique of car-centric design and bad architecture.

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