Chatting with my young son this evening it occured to us that superheroes require certain types of cities, certain kinds of urban form, in order to thrive. Spiderman needs tall buildings closely packed in order to leap between them. The Hulk needs impressive edifices to knock down. Only certain types of urban form are fit for superheroes.
There’s a new documentary about the rise and fall and return of Detroit. The director of Requiem for Detroit? , Julien Temple, was fascinated by the idea that Detroit was at the leading edge of American urban for many years, leading the rest of America into the future. Now Detroit is doing it again, showing us what the first post-American city looks like.
Will it be a city fit for humans?
Image Credits: Daquella manera/Flickr; laughlin/Flickr; walid.hassanein/Flickr
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Don’t think that the ‘return’ of Detroit is complete yet, but when it is it will be like a totally new city for sure. With a steady influx of business coming to the city, I think they are definitely poised for great things. BTW, nice spidey pic.