Posted on 03/13/2020 6:29:23 AM PDT by C19fan
There is a popular legend that 19th-century Italian priest Don Bosco, the founder of the Catholic Salesian Order and a revered saint, had a prophetic dream in 1883 that predicted a flourishing, futuristic city between parallels 15 and 20 in central Brazil. Many Brazilians believe the dream of Dom Bosco, as they call him, found fulfillment in the modern capital city of Brasilia, built between 1956 and 1960. Indeed, even before Brasilia was completed, a shrine, located directly on the 15th parallel, was sculpted and dedicated to Dom Bosco. Today’s Brasilia is filled with references to him, including the Santuario Dom Bosco, a concrete box filled with thousands of differently-shaded bluish stained glass. I wish someone had bothered to ask Dom Bosco if his dream was actually a nightmare.
In early 2020, I spent a couple of weeks in Brasilia, during which time I explored much of the city. Several things immediately stand out to the visitor. The first is that the city plan, designed by Lucio Costa, is shaped like an airplane with two principal components: the Monumental Axis (east to west) and the Residential Axis (north to south). The wings are where Brasilia’s bureaucrats were expected to live, the fuselage where they would work. As many residents explained to me, Costa’s was a time of great imagination regarding the potential of the airplane.
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A curious article, if you’re so inclined. This is what happens when a Communist plans and builds a city from scratch.
Could be worse: https://youtu.be/0k3wnXBE5S0
Ick. Peter Jennings.
Yes it is. It was designed that way to cut down on traffic congestion.
The primary goal of Brasilia was to open up the country interior and get government out of Rio.
I know. Makes the point though: Commies can’t do anything right.
Remember the fun ‘80s when we had a choice of Hoser Jennings the elitist at ABC, Danny “What’s the Frequency ?” Blather at See-B-S and Tommy Lockjaw at ENNNN-Bee-Cee delivering us the leftist biased news of the day ?
I knew then that “journalism” was merely a profession for Communist reprobate propagandists.
At the time, as I recall, Brazillia was the subject of praise heaped on praise. Not only was the city plan praised but individual structures were held up for their architectural design.
The author is but a ner do well with Microsoft Word and a lap top
I love the Art Deco look of the Chrysler Building and the Empire State Building.
I remember. I didn’t watch much then, either.
IIRC, Lockjaw was the least disliked of the 3. Danny boy was HATED, even back then.
That’s good, too.
And it turned out Lockjaw was molesting the staff.
They tore down the most beautiful skyscraper in Manhattan, which was Second Empire, the Singer Building. Until the Twin Towers came down (just a block or so away from where the Singer stood until the late ‘60s), it was the tallest skyscraper ever demolished (and was briefly the tallest skyscraper in America).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singer_Building
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