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I'm not certain I have done Brasilia justice, so I'm going to add a bit here. There is no denying the communist influence in the architecture and the planning of Brasilia. The buildings are all stark and geometric. Starkly geometric. The monuments don't really harken to grandure as much as utiliarianism and an effort to be unlike anything from the past. A new era, so to speak. There were definitely some design flaws. In particular, the city was built to accommodate about a half a million people; there are three million living in and around Brasilia now. That has caused serious issues with infrastructure and transporation from the outlying communities that sprung up out of necessity. While many things struck me about Brasilia, I must say that it was the monument that paid tribute to the works who built it that stayed with me. That is the souvenir I brought back from Brasilia--a small replica of this monument. It sits proudly in my classroom. See below for more images of Brasilia.
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Jayme Holaway HicksMs. Hicks is a 12th grade Language Arts and Advanced Placement teacher at Peachtree Ridge High School in Suwanee, Georgia. Archives
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