Manhattan is an island and is a museum. It probably should be pr… — The Museum as Large-Room Pinball Machine, Marshall McLuhan, Harley Parker, and Museum Professionals, 1967, full transcript of a seminar at the City Museum of New York, October 9-10, 1967, edited by William Buxton, published by U. of Alberta Press, 2026, p 98

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Manhattan is an island and is a museum. It probably should be preserved. Like people on other islands, the Manhattan population has taken to living in discontinuous, tribal space. Unlike any other space I know of except England, the space of Manhattan is discontinuous, nuclear, and pocketlike. “You can’t get there from here.” That is true not only outside, but inside most homes. It’s completely unconscious on the part of the dwellers in that area.

The Museum as Large-Room Pinball Machine, Marshall McLuhan, Harley Parker, and Museum Professionals, 1967, full transcript of a seminar at the City Museum of New York, October 9-10, 1967, edited by William Buxton, published by U. of Alberta Press, 2026, p 98

Quote #1584

Year: 1967

Chapters: Discontinuity | Environment | Museum | Tribal Societies

↪ Also at #7117, #4831, #2114