Dynamic American City, The (Part I) (1956)

★★★★ · What's with you people? · ILIkeOldStuff · 2008-03-22

In fairness, they never said they would tear down a building with "historical significance". Not all old buildings are significant, some of them are buildings that just got old. Sometimes things *do* get old and outdated. I, for one, am glad I don't have to live and work in some old Victorian building with ugly angels and lions on it. What you call an "ugly steel & glass" structure, I call "normal". What's wrong with parking lots anyway? Do you have a car? Do you drive? Do you like not finding a parking space?

★★★ · Let's Pave Paradise and Put Up a Parking Lot! · Christine Hennig · 2004-04-19

According to this film, cities remain dynamic by tearing down obsolescence, i.e. old buildings. Thats right, folks, no matter how beautiful or how historically important a building may be, down it must come, in order to make room for more parking garages! And all the stores moving out to the suburbs dont affect the city one bitits still as dynamic as ever! Why just look at all the wrecking balls and rubble! Actually, Im making this piece of urban renewal propaganda sound a lot more interesting than it isit drags on and on, with a droning narrator the only thing on the soundtrack.…

★★★ · Tear down old buildings! Make New Parking Lots! · Spuzz · 2003-09-10

This okay film about the merits of urban sprawl, poopoos any meaning of the word "preservation" or "landmark building" to makeway for office buildings, shopping malls and of course, lots of parking lots. Introduced in the most bizarre way by representative of the "National Chamber, an organization deeply interested in your problens". This introduction is REALLY badly written, with "city" repeated like 50 times, somewhat inappropiately. From there, we get a little history of what makes a city grow, the film doesnt really kick in until the 2nd half where the narrator kicks in what makes cities…