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.