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Urbanism
Postmodern
MichaelDear and StevenFlusty
SouthernCalifornia
StudiesCenter, ofSouthernCalifornia
University
O
tion(WilliamGibson,1996:39). citiesaredeveloping? Is theresomething called
ne ofthemostenervating
aspectsof a postmodern urbanism,whichpresumesthatwe
recentdebateson thepostmodern con- can identify someformoftemplatethatdefines
ditionis thenotionthattherehasbeen itscriticaldimensions?2 Thisinquiry isbasedon
a radical break frompast trendsin political, a simplepremise:thatjustas thecentraltenets
economic,and socioculturallife.There is no of modernistthoughthave been undermined,
clearconsensusaboutthenatureofthisosten- its core evacuated and replacedby a rushof
sible break.Some analystshave declaredthe competingepistemologies, so too have thetra-
currentconditionto be nothingmore than ditionallogicsofearlierurbanisms evaporated,
businessas usual, onlyfaster a "hypermod- and in the absenceofa singlenewimperative,
ern"or"supermodern" phaseofadvancedcapi- multipleurban (ir)rationalities are competing
talism.1Othershave noted that the pace of to fillthe void. It is the concretizationand
change in all aspectsof our global societyis localizationoftheseeffects, globalin scopebut
sufficientforus to beginto speak of "revolu- generatedand manifested locally,thatare cre-
tion." In this essay,we are cognizantof an atingthegeographies ofpostmodern society a
invocationof Jacques Derrida,who invited newtime-spacefabric.3 Webeginthissearchby
those interestedin assessingthe extentand outliningthefundamental preceptsoftheChi-
volumeof contemporary change to "rehearse cago School,a classicalmodernist visionofthe
thebreak,"intimating thatonlybyassuminga industrialmetropolis,and contrastingthese
radicalbreakhad occurredwouldourcapacity with evidence of a nascent postmodernLos
to recognizeit be released.Similaradvicewas Angeles School.4 Next we examine a broad
offeredby C. WrightMills in The Sociological rangeofcontemporary SouthernCaliforniaur-
Imagination(1959): banisms,beforegoingon to suggesta critical
reinterpretation of thisevidencethatencom-
We areat theendingofwhatis calledThe Modern passes and definesthe problematicof a post-
Age.Justas Antiquitywasfollowedbyseveralcen- modern urbanism.In conclusion, we offer
turiesof Orientalascendancy,whichWesterners
commentsintendedto assistin formulating an
called The Dark Ages, so now The
provincially
agendaforcomparative urbanresearch.
AnnalsoftheAssociation
ofAmericanGeographers,
88(1), 1998,pp.50-72
(? 1998byAssociation
ofAmericanGeographers
Published 350 MainStreet,Maiden,MA 02148,and 108CowleyRoad,Oxford,
byBlackwellPublishers, OX4 1JF,
UK.
Postmodern
Urbanism 51
Raban makesno claimsto a postmodern con- (8) stylishness (appealingto the fashionable,
sciousness, yethisinvocation oftherelationship chic,and affluent),
betweenthecognitiveand therealleads to in- (9) reconnection withthelocal(involving delib-
sightsthatareunmistakably postmodern in their erate historical/geographical reconstruc-
sensitivities. tion),and
Ted Relph(1987) wasone ofthefirst geogra- (10) pedestrian-automobile split(to redressthe
phersto cataloguethebuiltforms thatcomprise modernist biastowardthecar).
theplacesofpostmodernity. He describespost- Raban'semphasis on thecognitive andRelph's
modernurbanism as a self-conscious and selec- on the concreteunderscore the importance of
tiverevivalofelements ofolderstyles, thoughhe both dimensionsin understanding sociospatial
cautionsthatpostmodernism is notsimply a style urbanprocess.The palletteof urbanisms that
but also a frameofmind(p. 213). He observes arisesfrommerging thetwois thickandmultidi-
howtheconfluence ofmanytrends gentrifica- mensional. We turnnowto thetaskofconstruct-
tion,heritageconservation, architectural fash- ingthatpalette(whatwe earlierdescribedas a
ion, urban design, and participatory template)by examiningempiricalevidenceof
planning causedthecollapseofthemodernist recenturbandevelopments in SouthernCalifor-
visionofa future cityfilledwithskyscrapers and nia (Table1). In thisreview,wetakeourleadfrom
otheraustereiconsofscientific rationalism.The whatexists,ratherthanwhatweconsidertobe a
newurbanism is principallydistinguishable from comprehensive urbanresearchagenda.9From
theold byitseclecticism. Relph'speriodization of this,we movequicklyto a synthesis thatis pre-
twentieth-century urbanism involvesa premod- figurativeofa protopostmodern urbanism,which
ern transitional period(up to 1940); an era of we hope willserveas an invitationto a more
modernist cityscapes (after1945);anda periodof broadly basedcomparative analysis.
postmodern townscapes(since 1970). The dis-
tinctionbetweencityscapeand townscapeis cru-
cial to his diagnosis.Modernistcityscapes, he Edge Cities
claims,arecharacterized byfiveelements(Relph
JoelGarreaunotedthecentralsignificance of
1987:242-50):
Los Angeles in understanding contemporary
(1) megastructural bigness(fewstreetentrances
metropolitangrowthin the U.S. He asserts
to buildings,littlearchitectural detailing,
(1991:3)that:"Every singleAmericancitythatis
etc.),
growing,isgrowing inthefashion ofLosAngeles,"
(2) straight-space / prairiespace (city-center
and refersto L.A. as the"great-granddaddy" of
canyons, endlesssuburban vistas),
edgecities(heclaimstherearetwenty- sixofthem
(3) rationalorderandflexibility (thelandscapes
withina five-countyareainSouthern California).
oftotalorder, verging on boredom),
ForGarreau,edgecitiesrepresent thecrucibleof
(4) hardnessand opacity(includingfreeways
America'surbanfuture. The classiclocationfor
and thedisplacement ofnature),
contemporary edgecitiesis at theintersectionof
(5) discontinuous serialvision (derivingfrom
an urbanbeltwayand a hub-and-spoke lateral
thedominanceoftheautomobile).
road.The centralconditions thathavepropelled
Conversely, postmodern townscapes aremorede-
suchdevelopment arethedominance oftheauto-
tailed,handcrafted, andintricate. Theycelebrate
mobileand theassociatedneed forparking, the
difference, polyculturalism, variety, and stylish-
communications revolution,and the entryof
ness(pp.252-58). Theirelementsare:
womenin largenumbers intothelabormarket.
(6) quaintspace(a deliberate cuteness),
AlthoughGarreauagreeswithRobertFishman
(7) textured facades(forpedestrians, richinde-
that"[a]11new cityformsappearin theirearly
tail,oftenwithan "aged"appearance),
Table 1. A Taxonomy
ofSouthernCalifornia
Urbanisms
EdgeCities InterdictorySpace
Privatopia Historical
Geographies ofRestructuring
CulturesofHeteropolis Fordist/PostFordist
RegimesofAccumulation/Regulation
Cityas ThemePark Globalization
Fortified
City PoliticsofNature
Postmodern
Urbanism 55
notedhowSouthern Californians'
obsessionwith or theself-contained "worldcitadel"clustersof
securityhastransformed theregionintoa fortress. defensibleofficetowers.
Thisshift is accurately
manifestedinthephysical One consequenceofthesociospatial differen-
formof the city,whichis dividedintofortified tiationdescribedbyDavis and Flustyis an acute
cellsofaffluence andplacesofterrorwherepolice fragmentation oftheurbanlandscape.Commen-
battlethe criminalized poor.These urbanphe- tatorswho remarkupon the strictdivisionof
nomena,accordingto Davis, have placed Los residentialneighborhoods alongrace and class
Angeles"on the hard edge of postmodernity" linesmissthefactthatL.A.'s microgeography is
(Davis 1992a:155).The dynamics offortification incredibly
volatileandvaried.In manyneighbor-
involvetheomnipresent application
ofhigh-tech hoods,simply turninga streetcornerwillleadthe
policingmethodsto the "high-rent securityof pedestrian/driverintototally
differentsocialand
gatedresidential developments"and"panopticon physicalconfigurations.One veryimportant fea-
malls."It extendsto "spacepolicing,"includinga tureoflocalneighborhood dynamics in theforti-
proposed satellite observationcapacitythat fiedcultureofSouthernCalifornian citiesis, of
wouldcreatean invisibleHaussmannization of course,thepresenceofstreetgangs(Klein1995;
Los Angeles.In theconsequent"carceralcity," Vigil1988).
theworking poorand destituteare spatially
se-
questeredon the "meanstreets," and excluded
fromtheaffluent "forbidden
cities"through "se- HistoricalGeographiesofRestructuring
curitybydesign."
Historicalgeographies ofSouthernCalifornia
arerelatively whencompared
rare,especially with
Interdictory Space thenumber ofpublished accountsofChicagoand
New York.Forreasonsthatareunclear, Los An-
Elaboratingupon Davis's fortress urbanism, gelesremains, in ourjudgment, theleaststudied
StevenFlustyobservedhowvarioustypesoffor- majorcityin theU.S. UntilMikeDavis'sCityof
haveextendeda canopyofsuppression Quartz(1990)brought
tification theurbanrecorduptothe
andsurveillance acrosstheentirecity.His taxon- present, studentsofSouthernCalifornia tended
omyofinterdictory spaces(1994:16-17) identi- to relyprincipallyon CareyMcWilliams's (1973)
fieshow spaces are designedto excludeby a seminalgeneralhistory and Fogelson'sTheFrag-
combination oftheirfunction andcognitive sen- mented Metropolis(1967),anurbanhistory ofL.A.
Some spaces are passivelyaggressive: up to 1930.Otherchronicles
sibilities. oftheurbanevolu-
spaceconcealedbyintervening objectsor grade tion of SouthernCaliforniahave focusedon
changesis "stealthy"; spacethatmaybe reached transportation (Bottles1987; Wachs1996),the
onlybymeansof interrupted or obfuscated ap- Mexican/Chicano experience (delCastillo1979),
proachesis "slippery." Otherspatialconfigura- realestatedevelopment andplanning (Erieforth-
tions are more assertivelyconfrontational: coming;Hise 1997;Weiss1987),and oil (Tygiel
deliberatelyobstructed"crusty"space sur- 1994). The politicalgeography of the regionis
roundedbywallsand checkpoints; inhospitable onlynowbeingwritten (Fulton1997;Sonenshein
"prickly"spacesfeaturing benchesin
unsittable 1993),butseveralmorebroadly-based treatments
areasdevoidofshade;or "jittery" spaceostenta- ofCalifornian politicsexist,includingexcellent
tiouslysaturatedwithsurveillancedevices.Flusty studieson art,poetryandpolitics(CandidaSmith
noteshowcombinations ofinterdictory
spacesare 1995),railways(Deverell1994), and theriseof
beingintroduced "intoeveryfacetoftheurban suburbia(Fishman1987).
environment, generatingdistinctly unfriendly In hishistory
ofLosAngelesbetween1965and
mutanttypologies" (1994:21-33). Some are in- 1992,Soja (1996a) attempts tolinktheemergent
dicativeofthepervasiveinfiltration offearinto patternsof urbanformwithunderlying social
the home, includingthe bunker-style "block- processes.He identified sixkindsofrestructuring,
home,"affluent palisaded"luxurylaager"com- whichtogether definetheregion's contemporary
munities,or low-income residential areas urbanprocess.In additionto Exopolis(noted
converted into"pocketghettos" bymilitary-style above),Soja lists:Flexcities,associatedwiththe
occupation.Othertypological formsbetray a fear transitionto post-Fordism, especiallydeindustri-
of the publicrealm,as withthe fortification of alizationandtheriseoftheinformation economy;
commercial facilities
into"strongpointsofsale," and Cosmopolis, referring to theglobalization of
58 Dear and Flusty
Globalization
Regimesof
FordistversusPost-Fordist
Accumulationand Regulation Needless to say, any considerationof the
changing natureofindustrial production sooner
Manyobservers agreethatone ofthemostim- or latermustencompasstheglobalization ques-
portant underlying shifts in thecontemporary po- tion(cf.KnoxandTaylor1995).In hisreference
liticaleconomy is froma Fordist to a post-Fordist to the globalcontextof L.A.'s localisms,Mike
industrial organization. In a seriesof important Davis (1992b)claimsthatifL.A. is in anysense
books,AllenScottandMichaelStorper havepor- paradigmatic, itisbecausethecitycondensesthe
trayed theburgeoning urbanism ofSouthern Cali- intended andunintended spatialconsequences of
forniaas a consequence of this deep-seated post-Fordism. He insiststhatthereis no simple
structural changeinthecapitalist political
economy master-logicofrestructuring,focusinginsteadon
(Scott1988a, 1988b,1993; Storperand Walker twokeylocalizedmacro-processes: theoveraccu-
1989).Forinstance, Scott'sbasicargument is that mulationin SouthernCaliforniaof bank and
therehavebeentwomajorphasesofurbanization real-estatecapital, principallyfromthe East
intheU.S.Thefirst related toaneraofFordist mass Asian tradesurplus, and therefluxoflow-wage
production, during whichtheparadigmatic citiesof manufacturing andlabor-intensiveserviceindus-
industrial capitalism (Detroit,Chicago,Pittsburgh, tries,following upon immigration fromMexico
etc.)coalescedaroundindustries thatwerethem- and CentralAmerica.Forinstance,Davis notes
selvesbaseduponideasofmassproduction. The how the Cityof Los Angelesused tax dollars
secondphaseis associated withthedeclineofthe gleanedfrom capitalinvestments
international to
Fordist era and theriseofa post-Fordist "flexible subsidizeitsdowntown(BunkerHill) urbanre-
production." This is a formof industrial activity newal,a processhe refersto as "municipalized
basedon small-size, small-batch unitsof(typically land speculation"(1992b:26). Throughsuch
subcontracted) production thatare nevertheless connections, whathappenstodayin Asia and
integrated intoclusters ofeconomicactivity. Such CentralAmericawilltomorrow havean effect in
clusters havebeenobserved intwomanifestations: Los Angeles.This global/local dialectichas al-
labor-intensive craft forms (inLosAngeles, typically readybecomean important (ifsomewhat impre-
garments andjewelry), andhightechnology (espe- ofcontemporary
cise) leitmotif urbantheory.
ciallythedefenseand aerospaceindustries). Ac-
cordingto Scott,theseso-called"technopoles"
untilrecently constituted theprincipal geographical PoliticsofNature
lociofcontemporary (sub)urbanization inSouthern
California (a development prefiguredin Fishman s The naturalenvironment ofSouthern Califor-
description ofthe"technoburb"; seeFishman 1987; niahasbeenunderconstant assaultsincethefirst
CastellsandHall 1994). colonial settlements. Human habitationon a
Postmodern
Urbanism 59
Globalization/Restructuring
Culturesof Political-Economic
Heteropolis Polarization
Spaces
Interdictory
Dreamscapes CarceralCities
Edge Cities/Privatopia Fortified
Cities/MeanStreets
PoliticsofNature
Figure1. A conceptofprotopostmodern
urbanism.
60 Dear and Flusty
vironment, of theseprocesses,is
also reflective instancesand disciplines (e.g.,Knox and Taylor
beingerasedtothepointofunlivability
while, atthe 1995). Neologismshave been used herein cir-
sametime,providing a focusforpoliticalaction. cumstanceswhentherewereno existingterms
to describeadequatelytheconditions we sought
toidentify,whenneologisms servedas metaphors
Postmodern
Urbanism to suggestnewinsights,whena singletermmore
conveniently substitutedfora complexphraseor
The onlytheoryworth havingisthatwhichyouhave stringof ideas, and when neologisticnovelty
tofight
off,notthatwhichyouspeakwithprofound aidedour avowedefforts to rehearsethebreak.
fluency(StuartHall 1992:280). The juxtaposing ofpostmodern and moretradi-
tionalcategories ofmodernist urbanism is alsoan
Recognizingthat we may have caused some
essentialpiece of our analyticalstrategy. That
offensebycharacterizing others'workin thisway,
thereis an overlapbetweenmodernist and post-
let us move swiftlyto reconstructtheirevidence
moderncategories shouldsurprise no one;weare,
into a postmodernurban problematic(Table 2).
inevitably, buildingon existingurbanisms and
We anchor this problematicin the straightfor-
epistemologies. The consequentneologistic pas-
wardneed to account forthe evolutionofsociety
tichemaybe properly regardedas a tacticof
over timeand space. Such evolutionoccurs as a
postmodernanalysis;otherscould regardthis
combinationof deep-time (long-term)and pre-
strategy as analogousto hypothesis-generation,
sent-time(short-term) processes,and it develops
oras thepracticeofdialectics.
over several differentscales of human activity
(which we may representsummarilyas micro-,
meso-,and macroscales) (Dear 1988). The struc- UrbanPatternand Process
turingof the time-spacefabricis the resultofthe
interactionamong ecologicallysituated human
We beginwiththeassumption thaturbanism
agents in relationsof production,consumption, is madepossiblebytheexerciseofinstrumental
and coercion. We do not intend any primacyin
controloverbothhumanand nonhumanecolo-
thisorderingofcategories,but insteademphasize
gies(Figure2). The veryoccupationand utiliza-
their interdependencies-allare essential in ex-
tion of space, as well as the productionand
plainingpostmodernhuman geographies.
distribution
of commodities, dependsupon an
Our promiscuoususe of neologismsin what
anthropocentric reconfigurationofnaturalpro-
followsis quite deliberate.12This technique has
cessesandtheirproducts. As thescopeandscale
been used historicallyto good effectin many
of, and dependencyupon, globallyintegrated
Table2. Elements
ofa Postmodern
Urbanism
GLOBAL LATIFUNDIA
HOLSTEINIZATION
PRAEDATORIANISM
FLEXISM
NEW WORLD BIPOLAR DISORDER
Cybergeoisie
Protosurps
MEMETIC CONTAGION
KENO CAPITALISM
CITISTAT
Commudities
Cyburbia
Citidel
In-Beyond
Cyberia
POLLYANNARCHY
DISINFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY
Postmodern
Urbanism 61
|CYBERGEOISIE ||PROTOSURPS|
memetic
contagion memetic
contagion
Figure2. Elementsofa postmodern - 1.
urbanism
62 Dear and Flusty
DISINFORMATIONSUPERHIGHWAY
< ~~memetic
contagionX
POLLYANNRCY
Figure3. Elements
ofa postmodern - 2.
urbanism
DSH/Interdictory
Spaces Ethnoburb
P Edge Cities Containment
Centers
WThemeParks
RI GaTedCommunities
GatedCommunities ~ D Consumption
Opportunities
>%q StreetWarfare Command& Control
Centers
hACorporateCitadels Spectacle
Figure4. KenoCapitalism:
a modelofpostmodern
urbanstructure.
visionistentative,
weareconvincedthatwehave 6. Forexample, Longstreth (1997) examines therole
glimpsed a newwayofunderstandingcities.15 of Los Angelesin theinventionof the regional
shopping mall.See alsoHayden(1994).
7. The claimsofa "Los AngelesSchool"mayhave
Acknowledgments alreadybeenovertaken bya burgeoning "Orange
CountySchool."Accordingto MarkGottdiener
andGeorgeKephartinPostsuburban California, it
Earlier
versionsofthispaperhavebeenpresented at
isOrangeCountythatistheparadigmatic window
a "Theory, Culture & Society" conferenceinBerlin,
on late-twentieth-century urbanism:
theUniversity ofTurku onbehalf oftheFinnishAcad- We havefocussedon whatwe considerto be a
emyofScience,theHowellLecture in theSchoolof newformofsettlement space-the fully urban-
Architecture, Universityof Nebraska-Lincoln, the
ized,multinucleated, andindependent county.
SchoolofArchitecture, Building andPlanning, Uni- . . formally
separatedfrombutadjacentto large
versityofMelbourne, theannualmeetings oftheAs- well-known metropolitan regions.... As a new
sociationofCollegiateSchoolsofArchitectureandthe
formofsettlement space,theyarethefirst such
Association ofAmerican Geographers, andtheCenter
occurrence in fivethousandyearsofurbanhis-
forAdvanced StudyintheBehavioral Sciences,Stan-
tory(1991:51).
fordUniversity.WearegratefultoScottLashandMike
Postsuburban districts,theyfurther state,"possess
Featherstone, HarriAnderson andJouni Hikli,Ross
relativelylarge populations;theyare polynu-
KingandRuthFincher, SharonLordGaber, andRobert
cleated,withno singlecenterthat dominates
Harris forinvitations
topresent papersontheseocca-
development as it does in the traditional urban
sions.Thanks alsotothemany conferenceparticipants model;and theypossessrelatively robustemploy-
whoprovided constructive KimDovey,
criticism. Ruth
mentbases and also serveas residential areas,
Fincher,Robert Harris,John CarolLevy,
Kaliski, John
especiallyforthewhitemiddleclass"(p.51). Such
Levy, ClaudioMinca,JanNijman, KevinRobins, Mi-
districtsappearto be identifiable byfourcharac-
chaelWebber, andJennifer Wolchweresupportive of
teristics:"postsuburban spatialorganization, in-
theenterprise andoffered helpfulcomments, as dida
formation capitalism, consumerism, and
numberof anonymous referees.Deanna Knicker-
cosmopolitanism" (1991:4).
bocker andDallasDishman preparedthefigures.
None
8. Rabanfs viewfindsechoesin theseminalworkof
ofthesepeopleshould beblamed foranythinginthis
de Certeau(1984).
essay.Thispaperwasfirst writtenwhileDearwasa
9. It isworthemphasizing thatin theoverview, we
fellowattheCenter forAdvanced StudyintheBehav-
focus solely on the concatenationof urban
ioralSciencesatStanford. Thesupport oftheCenter
events that are occurringin contemporary
andtheNational ScienceFoundation SES-9022192 is
SouthernCalifornia.This is notto suggestthat
gratefully
acknowledged.
such trendsare absentin othercities,northat
a largerliterature on thesetopicsand citiesis
missing.A complete review of these other
Notes places and literaturesis simplybeyond the
scope ofthispaper.
1. See,forexample, Pred(1995)andAuge(1995). 10. Such sentimentsfindechoes in Neil Smith's
2. Someelements ofthisdiscussion
maybefound in assessmentof the new urban frontier, where
Watsonand Gibson(1995),Ellin(1996),and expansionis poweredby two industries:real-
KnoxandTaylor (1995). estate developers (who package and define
3. Thetheoreticalbasesforthisargumentareexam- value), and themanufacturers ofculture(who
inedmorefullyinDear(1988,1991).Forspecific define taste and consumptionpreferences)
considerations
oftherhetoric in
ofcityplanning (Smith1992:75).
thenewurbanism, seeDear(1989). 11. The listof L.A. novelsand moviesis endless.
4. Thisshould notbeconfusedwiththeL.A.School Typicalof the dystopiancinematicvisionare
of architecture,
discussedby CharlesJencks "BladeRunner"(RidleyScott1986) and"China-
(1993). town"(RomanPolanski1974); and ofsillyopti-
5. The term"school"is problematic, but we mism,"L.A. Story"(MickJackson1991).
herefollow JenniferPrattandusethetermto 12. One criticaccusedus (quitecleverly)of"neolo-
referto "a collectionofindividuals working gorrhea."
inthesameenvironment whoat thetimeand 13. Thistermis a combination ofReneGirard's"mi-
throughtheirown retrospective construc- meticcontagion"and animalethologist Richard
tionsoftheiridentity andtheimpartations of Dawkin'shypothesis thatculturalinformations
intellectualhistoriansare definedas repre- are gene-type units,or "memes,"transmitted vi-
sentinga distinctapproachto a scholarly rus-like fromhead to head. We hereemploythe
endeavor"(1995:2). term"hybridized" in recognition of the recency
and noveltyof the combination, not to assert
Postmodern
Urbanism 69
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