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    Finding the Sacred in the City

    Simmons Buntin | Wed, Feb 27th, 2008 | Category: Report | Tags: simmons buntin, paul murrain, yuma, rome, manmade, remade, genocide, jeremiah, sacred city | 0

    Urban designer Paul Murrain said, “We cannot continue to believe that the landscape is sacred and the city profane.” Yet media teaches us at every poorly lit street corner that the city is profane: profanity on brick walls and sidewalks, in theaters and bookstores.  Sin City.  Star Wars and its city planet Coruscant.  CSI Miami or New York or Las Vegas or, who knows what lucky town is next. Yuma, perhaps.  “They must both be considered sacred,” he concludes.

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