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| Andres Duany |
Andres Duany is considered the father of New Urbanism that inspires Plan Bay Area. He seeks to "repair Sprawl" by redeveloping places like Marin into Urban Centers along transportation Corridors. All land within 1/2 mile of 101 is targeted.
Here is the full 2 hour video of the Seven50 conference which is even more chilling than the clips above. Seven50 is a regional economic/transportation and housing plan in Florida that is similar too Plan Bay Area on a smaller scale. Andres Duany reveals his plans, contempt for local democracy and unabased admiration for fascist government controls to achieve New Urbanist objectives of walkable, bikeable communities.
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| Mussolini called fascism "Corporatism" |
Article from Independent Institute
Fascism Is Efficient, Says Andres Duany, Leading Proponent of “Sustainable Development”
By Lawrence J. McQuillan • Wednesday September 24, 2014 4:23 PM PST • 33 Comments
It goes by many names: “sustainable development,” “smart growth,” “transit-oriented development,” to name a few. But development projects built under the banner of “sustainability” share the same elements: high-density residential housing and high-intensity commercial space (so-called mixed use) clustered near capital-intensive mass transit lines surrounded by government-owned “open space” and, increasingly, government-imposed “urban growth boundaries.” Regardless of where a sustainable-development project is located in the world, each tends to apply these elements.
There is nothing wrong with high-density housing or non-automobile mobility per se. The problem is that sustainability advocates use government to force their vision of tomorrow on others and, equally important, use government to restrict or eliminate alternative visions from being adopted. Individual private-property rights and local decision making give way to the priorities of international, national, state, and regional governmental bodies influenced by urban planners who believe their vision of the next 50 to 100 years is the correct vision and the only vision worth pursuing. Anyone who thinks differently, according to the planners, is wrong, selfish, wasteful, or all three, and must be silenced.
If you think this description is exaggerated, watch this chilling video of Andres Duany speaking to the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council on why it should support his Seven50 plan. Mr. Duany is the chief architect of Seven50, the proposed 50-year regional development plan for seven counties in Southeast Florida, including Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties. Mr. Duany is a leading urban planner, author of The Smart Growth Manual, and a founder of the Congress for the New Urbanism, which seeks to end suburban sprawl. After watching this video ask yourself: Do I want to support the so-called “smart-growth” approach and empower Andres Duany and people like him to rule over me and my community using government force? Or do I want to strengthen my private property rights and ensure local control over housing, land use, and transportation issues?
Glad to see you locked onto this guy. Very arrogant and condescending speaker. In another You Tube video he says global warming is caused by the middle class. Not the poor because they take mass transit and not the rich because there aren't that many of them. Amazing. His masterpiece of urban planning is Seaside Florida. When you look on Google Earth you find a community that is mostly single family detached homes linked together by meandering roads. The community is not near any major urban center so it represents sprawl into open space/habitat. It is clearly designed so people can move around and in and out of the community by car. It is apparently a tourist town which is probably why it functions. It's also very pricey. A quick look at Zillow shows prices ranging from $500 to $700 per square foot. I fail to see that he has accomplished anything significant other than building another subdivision and getting rich and famous. What a crock.
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