{"product_id":"the-modernist-57-public","title":"The Modernist #57 - Public","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Modernist #57 - Public\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003ePublic transport, public housing, public libraries, public parks, public toilets. You’ll find all of these – and more – in this PUBLIC-themed issue of the modernist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThis issue explores the many forms that public resources and infrastructure assumed in the twentieth century. Beneath it all runs the larger story: the rise, and then the steady unravelling, of investment in public housing, health services, cultural provision… the list is long, and familiar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eWe acknowledge that narrative – and you’ll certainly feel its presence throughout these pages – yet we choose to tread a slightly different path. One where crazes for collecting pub signs sit alongside abandoned Soviet monuments, long-lost car parks and a failed attempt to establish an international symbol for lavatories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eWithout slipping into nostalgia, it’s worth remembering that there was a time when PUBLIC meant prestige, ambition and civic confidence. Sometimes we need to peel back years of indifference to see it – in housing, theatres, libraries, bus services.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNot everything in this issue gleams. These are places that have worked hard, served well, and stood up to public use – and that, in itself, is worth celebrating.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"The Modernist","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58298020430208,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2009\/7115\/files\/themodernit.png?v=1781883532","url":"https:\/\/unitom.co.uk\/products\/the-modernist-57-public","provider":"UNITOM","version":"1.0","type":"link"}