"For many critics, the automobile isolates its occupants and turns the built environment into a zone of alienating passage through neutral architectcural infill. ...architectural historian warns that "driving from one theme environment to another, the endless, nondescript blocks of the city disappear." In this perspective, the simple act of driving might someday efface the city-at which point, it is possible no one will mind." (Schwarzer, 78)
"Early in the age of the automobile, however, apart from signs, the roadside had not yet acquired the sprawl of vehicular development. Sharp edes divided urban and rural landscapes. Roads passed through agricultural lands until quite near a town's boundary. For a brief period, because of their mobility, automobiles allowed people to experience contrasts between town and country." (Schwarzer, 81)
"Driving toward a city could feel like an artistic experience. Because of its speed, and because the driver and passengers might focus their attention at certain places, even stopping at special vistas, the car assembles landscapes in an almost painterly way." (schwarzer, 81)
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