The Living City: Change and the Urban Environment, Friday, Period 3

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"Welcome to your final class of the semester. As mentioned last week, we're going to Gotham City from my time," Bruce said. "When you compare your experiences there to what you saw of present day Gotham at the stat of the semester, remember that this is a fifty year change. In many ways, five decades is almost an infinite amount of time. The world can and does change many times over and your major world cities will reflect that."

"But on the other hand, you'll likely see a fifty year change in your lifetime. You know many people who've been alive longer than that. The world moves quickly, but it's still the world you've lived with to some degree, so in some ways things might not be as different as you think."

"Let's step through the portal. No costume changes this time. Some of you might appreciate having real collars and pockets."

And when they stepped through the portal, it was into a world that still felt like Gotham City... but it was more meta for Akira than Art Deco.

"Watch out for flying cars and Jokerz."

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Gotham Beyond: Gotham Park

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The park was almost exactly the same as it was 50 years ago. Okay, there was expressive if confusing modern art (future modern?) And there were fewer muggers hiding! Although, naturally, the muggers who were hiding were worse and dressed as clowns. So..

The zoo was still free to enter.