There's a New Show in Town
Las Vegas is forever evolving. I imagine the place as a kind of organism that is alive and constantly metastasizing into different forms. It is not just metastasizing it is in a constant state of metamorphosis. I almost think a new word should be invented to describe the condition, perhaps "metastasorphosis." It is precisely this change that intrigues me so much. I have often said that if I could change my way in life I would have been an urban planner. There is something about the re-invention of design and function that fascinates me. Very few urban planners begin with a blank slate, a canvas with which to completely adorn with their own image of perfection. While this might seem idyllic, in truth I think it is a recipe for disaster. Cities created with such an open canvas tend to be Stalinistic monolithic nightmares or organized chaos. Brasilia was carved out of the jungle as a model capital and is instead an urban horror of concrete steel and glass that is