the secret life of robin hood gardens

I just read a beautiful post at one of my favorite blogs, Kosmograd, on “the Secret Life of Robin Hood Gardens.” Although I suppose it is better to destroy the project than tartify it with some kind of crazy scheme by Will Alsop, the thought of losing such a place is depressing. Waking up and stretching one’s arms out at Robin Hood Gardens while looking out the window must have been a fabulous experience, a moment in which one could have been capable of anything. As Komograd points out, the residents would agree, but money and urban growth beg to differ. A tragedy.