Images of America in crisis - 1970's
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This one made me laugh...
Empty steel beer and soft drink cans are used to build experimental housing near Taos, New Mexico, in June 1974. Designer Michael Reynolds stands next to an interior wall in one of the structures. The exterior walls are constructed using eight-can units as building blocks. According to Reynolds, these houses, whose walls require 70,000 cans in all, can be built as much as 20 percent cheaper than conventional homes. (David Hiser/NARA)
And today...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-1550...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14722179
Empty steel beer and soft drink cans are used to build experimental housing near Taos, New Mexico, in June 1974. Designer Michael Reynolds stands next to an interior wall in one of the structures. The exterior walls are constructed using eight-can units as building blocks. According to Reynolds, these houses, whose walls require 70,000 cans in all, can be built as much as 20 percent cheaper than conventional homes. (David Hiser/NARA)
And today...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-1550...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14722179
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