From the reading “imagining urban futures” by Carl Abbott, one of his ideas that impressed me the most is how he defines a “city”. One of the special examples he mentioned in the text is the armada. In his definition, armada is also defined as a city. This concept is thought-provoking to me, initiating my thoughts on what a city means to me. In my option, as long as a place can form a community, it can be defined as a city, which shares a similar concept with the writer, suggested that the armada involved the connection and tying up of a couple of ships. Therefore, as long as connections among human beings exist, the concept of “city” implies.
Another interesting example he has mentioned is the “walking city”, which probably only a utopia appears in sci-fi movies, but that could be a great idea to compare with another “moving city”, the armada, which gives feasible insight to actualize the concept of “walking city” in a different way.
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If a community defines a city, is the preservation of the historical buildings still needed? Would the physical artifacts affect the formation of community?