Discontinuous places

Corridor at O'Hare airport, Chicago

1. Discontinuous places emphasize the degree to which today's places depart from classic models.
2. Examples of socially created discontinuous places:
   1. Discontinous virtual/real places:
   • Discontinuous places in virtual spaces.
   • Discontinuous places that mix virtual and physical spaces.
   2. Discontinuous places in linked physical spaces:
      • The "global soul" place created by the assemblage of media and travel.
      • Everyday examples of discontinuous places.
3. Just as with the evaluation of themed places, and New Urbanist communities, and sprawl places, discontinuous places should be evaluated in terms of their simplicity or complexity, and whether they explicitly affirm their own complexities and links.