Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Today's topic is infrastructure. I think one of the reasons that the future looked so bright to people of the mid-century is all of the new infrastructure and ultra structure  that was being constructed. It's not hard to see why the future seemed so close. With new buldings, roads, and bridges being built with new construction equipment and methods people thought that even better things were to come. However, instead of replacing old roads and bridges with new innovative technology, we just paved over roads and reinforced old bridges. I know that replacing old stuff seems wasteful, but what if there was way to construct things that were more efficient and that lasted longer. Walt Disney had a vision for future cities. They called it the "Radial Plan". (video to follow) Shining cities of the future where everything is brand new and technology is epicenter rippling out into the lives of everyday people. Helping everyone live better lives.

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