The New Big Three: New Orleans, Detroit, Phoenix

[hybridy]

In this reprint from the National Associates Committee journal Forward, author Wellington Reiter, FAIA, describes how three U.S. cities have “visited the frontlines of the future and are reporting back to the rest of us, a bit wobbly and worse for wear, but still standing…and reflective of the most critical issues of our time.”

http://www.aia.org/practicing/AIAB092237

[Dexlin]

Of those three cities, I feel comfortable saying that NO has seen the worst, but neither Detroit nor Phoenix have seen the worst quite yet. Detroit won't see the worst until the financial issue hanging over its head is resolved one way or the other, and Phoenix is not even close to seeing its future, yet. Things have already been pretty bad in Phoenix post-recession, but it is just at the beginning of seeing hell.