Old Man River’s City RevisitedMain MenuOld Man River's City RevisitedAbout the siteEast St. Louis BackgroundBuckminster Fuller and His Utopian VisionBackground info on why he was chosen to helpEvent at the Mary Brown CenterOn February 25, 1971 the designers of the Old Man River and community members from East St. Louis gathered at the Mary Brown Center to discuss the projected idea of a domed city.The Design PathwayA brief look at how the design and description of the Old Man River's City Project shifted from 1971 to 1976Media Coverage of Old Man RiverInterview with the Old Man River's City DesignersDavid Thompson sat down to talk to four individuals involved in the design work of the Old Man River's City project. Thank you to Tom Thomson, Bill Wischmeye, Carl Safe, and Dennis Cope for taking time out of their schedules to answer these questions and being candid about their opinions on the project itself.When Hope and Skepticism CollideAcknowledgements and BibliographyExhibit FeedbackPlease feel free to complete our feedback page and leave comments letting us know what you thought.Stephanie Cuvarf72d31241e6d8c3b45c4337cb676688e83dea0e0Cathy McNeese6a0d33e14329dcb08a2c74d126ca47588f4fd3c2David Thompsonf9dd88556180b38187c27d862fc17e8c454d3fa5
Plans for Domed City Unveiled
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The media coverage of R. Buckminster Fuller and the Old Man River's City project started off optimisticly positive but as time went on and the project lost steam, it became more apparent that the project would not come to fruition.
He has been called "the first poet of technology," "the greatest living genius of industrial-technical realization in building," "an anticipator of the world to come—which is different from being a prophet," "a seminal thinker," and "an inspired child." But all these encomiums are fairly recent. For most of his life, R. Buckminster Fuller was known simply as a crackpot. - Time Magazine 1964
In this article featured by the Daily Alestle, Fuller's plan for the Old Man River's City project is revealed. The article summarizes the initial meeting in which the city of east St. Louis was able to hear Fuller's proposal. "Fuller said that unless East St. Louisans would have priority for living in the city, he would have no part in it. Blacks and whites would live together there, he said, because he does not recognize races as such."
