Ersatz Downtowns
Gassing up the time machine for another drive down Rockville Pike [1]
heh, heh, it is ready as you can see [2]
a place to be enjoyed from within and admired from a distance [3]
a large wood-frame residential building under construction [4]
replaced with Barnes & Noble [5]
A two-lane imitation "main street" [6]
of which the top half is residential and the bottom half is [7]
biofiltration systems [8]
120,000 cubic yards of soil [9]
the last remains of a dairy farm [10]
the beaten-down aura of [11]
The Bay Theatre by Cinépolis (closed due to pandemic) [12]
a large man-made stormwater retention pond [13]
a gas station in 1945 [14]
an annual tree lighting with Christmas entertainment [15]
the last 2000 years [16]
in less than three months [17]
People are more drawn to tradition. It's the scale of it [18]
you might say [19]
sort of [20]
a sculptural allegory [21]
References
1. ^ Pike & Rose. Retrieved on 22 July 2023.
2. ^ Palisades Village. Retrieved on 22 July 2023.
3. ^ Palisades Village. Retrieved on 22 July 2023.
4. ^ Atlantic Station. Retrieved on 22 July 2023.
5. ^ Otay Ranch Town Center. Retrieved on 22 July 2023.
6. ^ RIO Washingtonian Center. Retrieved on 22 July 2023.
7. ^ Pike & Rose. Retrieved on 22 July 2023.
8. ^ Palisades Village. Retrieved on 22 July 2023.
9. ^ Palisades Village. Retrieved on 22 July 2023.
10. ^ The Grove at Farmers Market. Retrieved on 22 July 2023.
11. ^ Palisades Village. Retrieved on 22 July 2023.
12. ^ Palisades Village. Retrieved on 22 July 2023.
13. ^ Atlantic Station. Retrieved on 22 July 2023.
14. ^ Palisades Village. Retrieved on 22 July 2023.
15. ^ Otay Ranch Town Center. Retrieved on 22 July 2023.
16. ^ Atlantic Station. Retrieved on 22 July 2023.
17. ^ Palisades Village. Retrieved on 22 July 2023.
18. ^ Atlantic Station. Retrieved on 22 July 2023.
19. ^ Pike & Rose. Retrieved on 22 July 2023.
20. ^ Palisades Village. Retrieved on 22 July 2023.
21. ^ Atlantic Station. Retrieved on 22 July 2023.