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<DIV>Martin,</DIV>
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<DIV>As a "graduate" of some Arcosanti workshops in the 70's I have my personal
frustrations with the place and would also acknowledge that it strongly
influenced me and has probably affected my career more than I know.</DIV>
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<DIV>I would love to see someone present some of the 7,000 mentioned in the
article and where they have gone and what they have done. I think it could be
quite impressive.</DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks for passing it on.</DIV>
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<DIV>Danny Buck</DIV>
<DIV>President, Daniel Buck Construction</DIV>
<DIV>Santa Fe</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; PADDING-TOP: 10pt">----- Original Message -----
<DIV><B>From:</B> <A title=mailto:mfhammer@pacbell.net
href="mailto:mfhammer@pacbell.net">martin hammer</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=mailto:GSBN@SustainableSources.com
href="mailto:GSBN@SustainableSources.com">GSBN</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Friday, February 17, 2012 6:47 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [GSBN] Arcosanti, an Early Eco-City,Faces the Future -
NYTimes article</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">All,<BR><BR>Thought I would pass on this New York Times
article about Arcosanti, the experimental ecological city in the Arizona desert,
conceived and begun by Italian visionary architect Paolo Soleri in 1970.
<BR><BR><A
title=http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/16/garden/an-early-eco-city-faces-the-future.html?pagewanted=1
href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/16/garden/an-early-eco-city-faces-the-future.html?pagewanted=1">http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/16/garden/an-early-eco-city-faces-the-future.html?pagewanted=1</A><BR><BR>Judge
the article yourself, but I find the tone troubling. Mostly it alternates
between positive (and not unrealistic) statements from current Arcosanti
citizens, and backhanded denigrating comments from the writer. <BR><BR>It
also says nothing about former Arcosanti citizens who are out in the world doing
great work, solving some of the persistent problems Arcosanti set out to tackle,
and the importance of Soleri's influence in this regard. I know one such
individual, Richard Register, who in California went on to found Urban Ecology
and then Ecocity Builders (www.ecocitybuilders.org) which now conducts major
worldwide conferences to serve its goal to "</SPAN></FONT><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face="Helvetica, Verdana, Arial">reshape cities
for the long-term health of human and natural systems."<BR><FONT
color=#1a441a><BR></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Arial>I visited Arcosanti in 1990,
and although it exhibited and continues to exhibit its shortcomings, and one
could even say failures, its dismissal by this writer, seems to me more of an
indictment of our culture (that this writer seems to speak for) than an accurate
reflection of the successes, failures, and importance of Arcosanti.
<BR><BR>Martin<BR><BR></FONT></SPAN>_______________________________________________<BR>GSBN
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