Which Was Worst: Katrina, or Car Culture?

Toronto architecture critic Christopher Hume visits New Orleans, and concludes that "the devastation wrought by Louisianans upon Louisiana far outweighs anything a hurricane can do."

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March 27, 2011, 1:00 PM PDT

By Tim Halbur

Hume writes:

"...despite the vast differences between New Orleans and Toronto, the automobile has brought a startling degree of sameness, similarity, even homogeneity, to the two centres. Notwithstanding the modernist architecture that turned cities around the world into copies of one another, it is the car that reduces even the most idiosyncratic urban form to a monotony of asphalt and empty spaces, not to mention congested highways and traffic reports."

FULL STORY: Hume: Drive-thru culture in Louisiana a lesson for Toronto

Sunday, March 27, 2011 in The Toronto Star

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