Grant Morrison's Manhattan
Grant Morrison's *Manhattan Guardian* comic book series popped up in The New York Times this past weekend. In making/drawing it, Morrison was 'attracted by the fun of curating a personal version of New York,' and he 'laced [the city] with architectural marvels that were proposed but never actually constructed' – including buildings by Gaudi, Hans Hollein, Lloyd Wright ('Ellis Island Key'), and even Robert Moses (the Mid-Manhattan Expressway).
As Morrison descibes it, he wanted to create 'a more exalted New York,' using speculative architecture.
As Morrison descibes it, he wanted to create 'a more exalted New York,' using speculative architecture.
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Don't forget Buckminster Fuller's exalted concept, Dome Over Manhattan Island.
Not only would the mile-high dome pay for itself through energy (and snow removal) savings, but its thin struts and clear panels would be invisible to the man on the street.
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