Urban Living in California

Steve Mouzon gives an interesting perspective on the urban landscape as a living and functioning organism:

“Living Urbanism” seems at first glance to be an oxymoron. Urbanism is composed primarily of things that are not alive, like bricks and stone. Other than trees lining the streets, what aspect of urbanism is alive? But if “life” includes things without flesh, bone, fur, or feather that can nonetheless take on a life of their own, independent of that which created them, then the term “Living Urbanism” has meaning. Several things are required in order that something might be considered to be alive…

Read full article here: http://livingurbanism.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/a-living-urbanism-by-steve-mouzon/