Which town?

this project, of course, being on such a grand scale that whatever rules are applied for all other, lesser ones, may prove invalid – or somehow be by- passed.

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This already occurred previously.

Observing the heterogeneity and the mixture of influences accompanying this first laborious urbanization, R., who was also measuring the passage of time with a certain apprehension, resolved to intervene. The possibilities to do so were available to him through his position on the Governing Board – whose Chairman at the beginning of this millennium was devoted to him and would introduce him to everyone as “the greatest architect of the world” – and the unconditional adhesion of part of the community. The team that had formed around him worked out under his direction a plan of action = right on the Northern edge of the Matrimandir area they would build a large administrative edifice, the equivalent of a Town Hall, the first unit of an ensemble that would eventually house all of the community services and club together all of the powers, including that of the central Government which would have its own built quarters. This centralization of all essential activities, paired and complemented with entertainment sites and facilities such as a cinema house, restaurants and a plaza on the verge of the Sanctuary, the gilded jewel of which would be visible from the south-facing windows of the offices and could be contemplated at leisure along with the ornamental compositions standing for gardens around it while sipping one’s cup of coffee, appealed to the He willed thus, while he still could, to install in the physical reality of Her township a formal determining mote and a decisive impulsion.

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