Quote Originally Posted by mwilbert View Post
This is a complaint about city planning and land values, not about an architectural style. There are certainly plenty of modernist buildings in Manhattan or Boston that are integrated into the street grid and not surrounded by parking. On the other hand, in suburban areas, or areas where land is cheap and the local government uninterested or incompetent, you generally get isolated pods with asphalt.
To a certain extent, you are correct. But don't let's forget that modernism took off after World War II, during the great suburban exodus in the United States and the rise of car culture. For a clearer definition of what's called "magazine architecture," refer to Stewart Brand's "How Buildings Learn." You may not always agree with Brand's take on modernism, but it's a fascinating view of how architecture changed after World War II.