In 1924, Le Corbusier wrote, “The Pack Donkey’s Way is responsible for the plan of every continental city.” When the father of modernism made that observation, the winding, patternless streets that we still associate with pre-industrial cities—organic accumulations of expedient, short-sighted decisions by humans and their domesticated animals—had already given way to the grid's rectilinear regularity in many urban areas.
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#67: A Bicycle for the Donkey Mind
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In 1924, Le Corbusier wrote, “The Pack Donkey’s Way is responsible for the plan of every continental city.” When the father of modernism made that observation, the winding, patternless streets that we still associate with pre-industrial cities—organic accumulations of expedient, short-sighted decisions by humans and their domesticated animals—had already given way to the grid's rectilinear regularity in many urban areas.