Yes. And I don't think Le Corbusier ever wanted to replace the best of the old housing, he wanted to replace the mass of bad building. And he had rather ahem i

Yes. And I don't think Le Corbusier ever wanted to replace the best of the old housing, he wanted to replace the mass of bad building. And he had rather ahem ideas about how people ought to behave, once they had spacious apartments with hot and cold water. Which is the part I was reminded of when I read the article we're discussing. That view of the city as a set of streets to drive through is like his. Very simplistic, one-sided, optimisable but not humane.