Diversity: Past, Present, Future

Excerpt: "The essays and poem in thiss edition of ARCADE are deeply personal reflections on change... Market economics and city boosterism collude in an act of creative destruction--the death of our cities' soul. The segementation of our social and physical spheres bolsters the adolescene mind--the inability to be touched by that which is different. By welcoming diversity, embracing theh unpredictable and the picaresque, we expand the possibilities of achieving a truly humanistic architecture." - Bruce Philip Rips, page 16.