That gleaming Metropolis on the horizon? – Something to aspire to, the glorious destination to dream about, to shape your life accordingly and reach it as the utmost reward… Such ideas were popular in the infant days of futurism, in fantastic literature on both sides of the Atlantic.

Thankfully the “mega-urbanism” dream is replaced today by quite the opposite idea of an affluent living in the country – but frankly, both seem to be unattainable, clean-cut ideals that’s only pretty to look at. And look at them we will – presenting again the rarely-seen examples of urbanism and architecture, some from the Eastern Bloc “popular science” publications and promotional literature.

Many, many more images here