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27 October 2009

Music Video Disses Cul-de-Sacs & Suburban Sprawl

The Congress for New Urbanism has released a "music" video titled "Built to Last" on You Tube. A Psychoesque set of violin chords opens the video with the question "What is the greatest threat our planet? The cool, animatronic slide-show doesn't just give a big open-handed slap in the face to suburbia. Shifting into a jazztronic beat, the clip showcases urban living and its inherent green cred. A bit didactic? Perhaps. Yet, irresistible for geeky urban mechanic sorts.

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