I consider myself a flânuer in every respect associated with the term. New York City is in my opinion, the best city in the world to be a flânuer in. I often find myself mindlessly wandering the streets, looking for unexpected experiences, feelings, smells, people, and spectacles. I have walked the streets seeking entertainment countless times, with no apparent goal or destination. Although I am a lifetime New Yorker, there are always new things to experience and see. There are different ways to go about being a flânuer in New York City. It is preferable to stroll the streets by your lonesome on certain occasions, depending on your mood or how the vibe of the city feels on a particular day. I must admit though, I most enjoy walking the streets
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Although I will recall one in particular. One spring day I walked all the way from the Armory on Park Avenue, all the way to Union Square, I did this for pleasure. I simply admired the beautiful architecture, styles of which there are many. I often researched the history of buildings I found to be appealing along the way. There was so much hidden history, and many stories to be uncovered through a simple address. Park Avenue is pertinent to a quote by Walter Benjamin “Haussman’s ideal city planning consisted of long perspectives down broad straight thoroughfares. Such an ideal city corresponds to the tendency—common in nineteenth century—to ennoble technological necessities through artistic ends. Haussmann tries to shore up his dictatorship by placing Paris under an emergency regime. In 1864, in a speech before the National Assembly, he vents his hatred of the rootless urban population, which keeps increasing as a result of his projects. Rising rents drive the proletariat into the suburbs”. Comparably, Park Avenue is one of the longest perspectives in New York city, with the broadest, straightest thoroughfare in Manhattan. Park Avenue is also one of the most notoriously expensive streets in New York City, with continuously rising rents. I can only assume rising rents have pushed the working class citizens into local suburbs as Benjamin had described in Paris. The description of Haussmann’s “Ideal city planning” is
Although I will recall one in particular. One spring day I walked all the way from the Armory on Park Avenue, all the way to Union Square, I did this for pleasure. I simply admired the beautiful architecture, styles of which there are many. I often researched the history of buildings I found to be appealing along the way. There was so much hidden history, and many stories to be uncovered through a simple address. Park Avenue is pertinent to a quote by Walter Benjamin “Haussman’s ideal city planning consisted of long perspectives down broad straight thoroughfares. Such an ideal city corresponds to the tendency—common in nineteenth century—to ennoble technological necessities through artistic ends. Haussmann tries to shore up his dictatorship by placing Paris under an emergency regime. In 1864, in a speech before the National Assembly, he vents his hatred of the rootless urban population, which keeps increasing as a result of his projects. Rising rents drive the proletariat into the suburbs”. Comparably, Park Avenue is one of the longest perspectives in New York city, with the broadest, straightest thoroughfare in Manhattan. Park Avenue is also one of the most notoriously expensive streets in New York City, with continuously rising rents. I can only assume rising rents have pushed the working class citizens into local suburbs as Benjamin had described in Paris. The description of Haussmann’s “Ideal city planning” is