History Changed The Future
11 January 2001 - 11:00am
A look at the cities and architecture of the future as designed between 1930 and 1970.
"Remember the future? It was that great tomorrow when we'd be flying around in personal rockets and living in automated homes. For most of the 20th century--particularly between 1930 and 1970--humanity dreamed of better living through science. Architecture and design occupied a prime spot in futurists' dreams, with designersdreaming of sleek houses and superhighways coursing through streamlined cities."
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History Changed The Future
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Chicago Sun-Times, January 10, 2001
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