More
than the sum of buildings, parks and avenues, cities are
complex organisms most often viewed in
stereotypical and lifeless form through iconic structures
such as bridges, towers and monuments. Yet each urban metropolis
is a throbbing concatenation of people from a multitude
of backgrounds
and origins, weaving a cultural tapestry in a continuous
state of vibrant transition. What attracts people to these
special metropolitan
centres is as much cerebral energy as safety or food.
Sometimes there is a particular period when a city captures the
imagination – Paris
in the 50s, London in the 60s, San Francisco in the 70s.
These were particular times of social and intellectual
fermentation. But great cities have a special quality
that transcends these
cycles. To explore the magic of these cities one needs
to go
beyond the
bricks and mortar but also beyond rational, explicit
and direct reportage.
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