Propaganda
Yesterday, I walked around the Roppongi Hills complex and visited its museum where About the Making of Roppongi Hills featured this:
The old neighborhood was indeed a bad place, no greenery, narrow streets down which emergency vehicles could not fit, a darn fire hazard, I’d say.
A proposal for “a city that nurtures people with open minds” was put forward and approved by all.
Yippee for the new Roppongi Hills!
Comments
fire hazard??? must be those damn wooden structures...just what Japan needs - more glass and steel. Thank goodness they took it to a vote, I'm sure the Japanese were excited to nock out several blocks of the neighborhood to build this monstrosity - of course, I'm sure the political process didn't allow any of the locals to actually vote. Can't say I've been yet - but, next time I'm in Japan I'll look forward to visiting such a "modern" world. Gee, "more than 200 shops"...what a novelty.
by jones | 07.22.03 @ 10:10 AM
They left out the "The developer, Mr. Mori, makes everyone an offer they can't refuse" part.
by hypertokyo | 07.23.03 @ 10:37 AM