[lit-ideas] Re: Car culture
- From: Robert Paul <robert.paul@xxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2006 12:01:13 -0700
Carol Kirschenbaum wrote:
ck: This should be filed with Mike & Erin's dubious wedding announcement.
American cities, along with their, suburbs are transforming into small urban
clusters. In all but a few major US cities with large buildings in an older
"downtown," the concept of 'downtown revitalization' (70s, 80s) reeks of
misplaced nostalgia. San Francisco and Seattle are the only two cities on
the left coast that were developed around a core port, like most Eastern
cities.
Come on up here, Carol, and we'll tour the Port of Portland.
'Well, down along the river just a-sittin' on a rock
I'm a-lookin' at the boats in the Bonneville lock.
Gate swings open, the boat sails in,
Toot that whistle, she's gone again.
Gasoline goin' up. Wheat comin' down.'
(Woodie Guthrie, 'Talking Columbia Blues')
Actually, the locks at Bonneville are upstream from Portland, and the
Toyotas and so on stop here. The wheat does come down though. Portland
is the largest grain exporting port in the US.
Reed began with a bequest from Simeon Reed, who made his fortune in
shipping. No relation to John Reed, also a Portland boy.
Robert Paul
The Reed Institute
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