In excerpt 1, Rossi discusses architecture in the American city in terms of its artifacts. The American city, like New York or Chicago, is derived of artifacts that keep the city thriving and the architecture constantly evolving. Rossi states that if he were to to do a project for a new city, that the plan would resemble the plans made two hundred years ago because that’s what American cities are based on. I would agree and disagree to that statement only because cities are forever changing. The plans that were used a hundred years ago might not be the same plans hundred years later. Modern cities hold a relationship between any single architectural project and the destiny of the city. For example, in Chicago there is the Maggie Dailey Park downtown. This park was constructed in 2012 and finished and open to the public in 2014. This park features a 3 acre children’s play garden and ice rink that fills the downtown area with life that was never there before. The architects who designed the park created a tourist attraction and public place to gather that will act as an artifact for Chicago for decades to come. The plan for Maggie Dailey park was a project that had control over the destiny of the city in a way. The city isn’t the same anymore and the plan has definitely changed directions.