I agree. This is a terrible trend. There has to be a better, more civilized way to develop and redesign cities, especially older ones with unique histories.

Is anyone else writing in this thread.—or is it blog?—just curious. Fascinating stuff from Robert Towne; he’s very perceptive and, blessedly, as I see it, free from political correctness. He calls it as it is, not as it ought to be. The time frame of the interview feels a bit off, as of 2018, I mean. It feels like…