MODERN METROPOLIS.
The abnormal growth of great cities like London and New York is critically surveyed by Mr Lewis Mumford i n his new book; “The Culture of Cities.” He writes:— Physically incoherent;, socially disparate, these new metropolitan districts are at best statistical collections. As one moves out of the central district the vast enveloping aimlessness of this growth becomes overwhelming. No human eye can take in this metropolitan mass at a glance. No single gathering place except the totality of its streets can hold all its citizens. No human mind can comprehend more than a fragment of the complex and minutely specialised activities of its citizens. There is a special name for power when it is concentrated on such a scale: it is called impotence.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 59, Issue 44, 1 December 1938, Page 4
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